Dessan Surname
Approximately 159 people bear this surname
Dessan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 145 | 1:159,112 | 7,318 |
| Cameroon | 7 | 1:2,967,010 | 123,373 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 39 | 1:1,287,659 | 71,386 |
Dessan (143) may also be a first name.
Dessan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dessan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dessan occurs most in The Ivory Coast. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dessan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,380,086th most commonly held family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 45,833,622 people. The surname Dessan is predominantly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Dessan live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 69 percent live in Mande Africa. Dessan is also the 772,378th most commonly occurring first name globally, borne by 143 people.
This last name is most widespread in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 145 people, or 1 in 159,112. In The Ivory Coast it is primarily concentrated in: Montagnes District, where 77 percent reside, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 11 percent reside and Bas-Sassandra District, where 8 percent reside. Without taking into account The Ivory Coast this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 4 percent reside and Argentina, where 1 percent reside.
Dessan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Dessan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Dessan surname declined 97 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Dessan
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