Yelessa Surname
Approximately 60 people bear this surname
Yelessa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 59 | 1:84,561 | 7,183 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Yelessa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yelessa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yelessa has its highest incidence in The Congo. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of Yelessa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yelessa? popularity and diffusion
Yelessa is the 2,483,783rd most numerous surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 121,459,099 people. The last name Yelessa is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Yelessa reside; 98 percent reside in Central Africa and 98 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
Yelessa is most commonly used in The Congo, where it is borne by 59 people, or 1 in 84,561. In The Congo Yelessa is most numerous in: Brazzaville Department, where 93 percent reside and Cuvette-Ouest Department, where 7 percent reside. Apart from The Congo it occurs in one country. It is also found in Russia, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Yelessa
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