Chessa Surname
Approximately 9,233 people bear this surname
Chessa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 7,623 | 1:8,023 | 1,141 |
| France | 466 | 1:142,538 | 21,961 |
| Tanzania | 274 | 1:193,218 | 16,588 |
| Brazil | 201 | 1:1,065,046 | 37,395 |
| Argentina | 136 | 1:314,290 | 24,990 |
| United States | 133 | 1:2,725,255 | 163,031 |
| Germany | 50 | 1:1,610,109 | 95,088 |
| Canada | 43 | 1:856,874 | 66,382 |
| England | 38 | 1:1,466,265 | 63,675 |
| Netherlands | 35 | 1:482,491 | 46,668 |
| Australia | 34 | 1:793,991 | 50,673 |
| Spain | 24 | 1:1,948,002 | 52,403 |
| Kenya | 23 | 1:2,007,822 | 36,224 |
| Uruguay | 21 | 1:163,417 | 13,939 |
| Moldova | 18 | 1:197,854 | 18,761 |
| Cameroon | 15 | 1:1,384,605 | 80,726 |
| India | 15 | 1:51,137,692 | 512,385 |
| South Africa | 14 | 1:3,869,836 | 127,494 |
| Belgium | 8 | 1:1,437,080 | 92,692 |
| Peru | 8 | 1:3,973,015 | 32,693 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:773,633 | 29,106 |
| Northern Ireland | 4 | 1:461,259 | 16,615 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 14 | 1:3,587,049 | 158,810 |
Chessa (941) may also be a first name.
Chessa Demographics
Chessa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Chessa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chessa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chessa (Russian: Чесса) has its highest incidence in Italy. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chessa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 55,068th most numerous last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 789,293 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 90 percent of Chessa live; 83 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 83 percent live in Italic Europe. Chessa is also the 263,438th most common first name globally, held by 941 people.
The surname Chessa is most widely held in Italy, where it is borne by 7,623 people, or 1 in 8,023. In Italy it is primarily found in: Sardinia, where 86 percent live, Lazio, where 4 percent live and Liguria, where 3 percent live. Apart from Italy it occurs in 45 countries. It is also common in France, where 5 percent live and Tanzania, where 3 percent live.
Chessa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Chessa has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Chessa surname grew 950 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Chessa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Chessa last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States Chessa are 38.07% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 91.3% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Chessa earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 1.36% more than the national average, earning €30,437 per year; in Peru they earn 15.16% more than the national average, earning S/. 22,324 per year; in South Africa they earn 181.12% more than the national average, earning R 668,052 per year; in United States they earn 31.33% more than the national average, earning $56,666 USD per year and in Canada they earn 25.14% more than the national average, earning $62,173 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chessa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chessa in the Russian language | ||
| Чесса | cessa | - |
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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
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- 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 Chessa
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