Chessley Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Chessley Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Chessley (54) may also be a first name.
Chessley Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chessley Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chessley occurs most in England. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of Chessley click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chessley? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,723,624th most commonly used family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 75 percent of Chessley live; 75 percent live in Northern Europe and 75 percent live in British Isles. Chessley is also the 1,350,955th most commonly used given name at a global level, held by 54 people.
This last name is most common in England, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 9,286,343. In England it is most prevalent in: Cambridgeshire, where 83 percent live and Wiltshire, where 17 percent live. Other than England Chessley is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 25 percent live.
Chessley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Chessley has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Chessley last name fell 75 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 Chessley
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