Fessa
surname · Latin script
Meaning, in French: third-person singular past historic of fesser
Fessa is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- AUAustralia≈1 in 6.5Mfew records(inferred from the name graph)
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 35Mfew records
- USUnited States≈1 in 57Mfew records
carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 21 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 6.5M (inferred from the name graph)
≈6 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Australia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)feminine singular of fesso (“split, having split”)
Cited for this meaning 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
How Fessa is read
(measured from records)Fessa is one spelling over 5 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English52%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Fessa in English.
- French14%
third-person singular past historic of fesser
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Italian8.3%
feminine singular of fesso (“split, having split”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Greek5.7%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Fessa in Greek.
- Indonesian5.7%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Fessa in Indonesian.
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Fessa counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | ≈6 est. | ≈1 in 57M | Fessa | 21 |
| AU Australia | ≈4 est. | ≈1 in 6.5M | Fessa | 11 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈2 est. | ≈1 in 35M | Fessa | 4 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Fessa is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In sga, passive plural perfect prototonic of ro·finnadar
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Latin, inflection of fessus:
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In nap, vulva
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Evidence
(measured from records)No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Fessa come from?
- feminine singular of fesso (“split, having split”) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- What does the name Fessa mean?
- In French, third-person singular past historic of fesser
- In which country does Fessa have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 6 people named Fessa in the United States, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled fessa.
- How common is the name Fessa?
- Mondonomo estimates about 6 people in the United States have Fessa as their first surname, about 1 in 57 million residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Fessa”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.