Lessah Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Lessah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Lessah (31) may also be a first name.
Lessah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lessah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lessah is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lessah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,532,898th most frequently used last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 79 percent of Lessah are found; 63 percent are found in Central Africa and 42 percent are found in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most frequent forename globally. It is borne by 31 people.
The surname Lessah is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 1,730,756. In Cameroon Lessah is mostly found in: East Region, where 67 percent are found, Centre Region, where 17 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 8 percent are found. Barring Cameroon Lessah exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 21 percent are found and Liberia, where 11 percent are found.
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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 Lessah
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