Esse Surname
Approximately 43,967 people bear this surname
Esse Surname Definition:
(Celtic) Dweller at a Waterfall [Gaelic (and Irish) eas]
Esse Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somaliland | 22,418 | 1:156 | 31 |
| Ivory Coast | 7,392 | 1:3,121 | 301 |
| Togo | 4,305 | 1:1,684 | 180 |
| Benin | 3,198 | 1:3,232 | 391 |
| Somalia | 2,255 | 1:5,965 | 496 |
| Indonesia | 995 | 1:132,914 | 13,266 |
| Nigeria | 745 | 1:237,776 | 13,829 |
| United States | 539 | 1:672,466 | 53,587 |
| Cameroon | 364 | 1:57,058 | 7,374 |
| Congo | 282 | 1:17,692 | 2,116 |
| France | 223 | 1:297,860 | 45,546 |
| Italy | 193 | 1:316,874 | 39,056 |
| Germany | 148 | 1:543,956 | 45,184 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Djibouti | 100 | 1:9,149 | 584 |
| Brazil | 93 | 1:2,301,875 | 71,238 |
| Chile | 83 | 1:212,247 | 6,658 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Australia | 53 | 1:509,353 | 38,491 |
| Pakistan | 45 | 1:3,969,864 | 28,516 |
| England | 41 | 1:1,358,977 | 60,528 |
| Papua New Guinea | 36 | 1:226,492 | 31,172 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Ukraine | 27 | 1:1,686,026 | 128,013 |
| Norway | 26 | 1:197,780 | 22,769 |
| Estonia | 23 | 1:57,470 | 10,794 |
| Hungary | 20 | 1:490,814 | 31,291 |
| Sweden | 19 | 1:518,250 | 37,550 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| Canada | 15 | 1:2,456,373 | 146,130 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Poland | 8 | 1:4,751,094 | 138,864 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| Slovakia | 6 | 1:889,408 | 78,715 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Latvia | 3 | 1:683,349 | 34,074 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 19 | 1:1,282,914 | 46,315 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 56 | 1:896,762 | 54,350 |
The alternate forms: Essé (8), Essè (4), Ešše (14) & Éssé (2) are calculated separately.
Esse (12,962) may also be a first name.
Esse Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Celtic) Dweller at a Waterfall [Gaelic (and Irish) eas]
Esse Demographics
Average Male Esse Height
176.12 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Esse Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Esse Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Esse is held by more people in Somaliland than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Essé, Essè, Ešše or Éssé. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Esse? popularity and diffusion
It is the 12,766th most widely held last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 165,750 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Esse live; 56 percent live in East Africa and 56 percent live in Cushitic Africa. It is also the 51,401st most numerous first name internationally, held by 12,962 people.
The surname is most frequent in Somaliland, where it is carried by 22,418 people, or 1 in 156. Not including Somaliland Esse is found in 67 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 17 percent reside and Togo, where 10 percent reside.
Esse Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Esse has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Esse last name expanded 963 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 216 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Esse Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Esse surname are 4.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 51% being registered with the political party.
The amount Esse earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 23.62% less than the national average, earning 264,342 kr per year; in United States they earn 4.92% more than the national average, earning $45,270 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.61% less than the national average, earning $39,938 CAD per year.
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Footnotes
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