Essie Surname
Approximately 1,555 people bear this surname
Essie Surname Definition:
Of territorial origin from the old barony of Eassie or Essie in Angus. Ese or Essie is still a surname in the shire. Hugh de Essi appears as a witness a. 1200 (LSC., 36). Waltyr of Essy had lease of Soutar land of Kethyk, 1476, and was tenant of Coitward, 1479 (Cupar-Angus, I, p.
Read More About This SurnameEssie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 517 | 1:9,650 | 1,346 |
| Burkina Faso | 379 | 1:48,422 | 2,204 |
| Gabon | 202 | 1:9,352 | 1,744 |
| Cameroon | 108 | 1:192,306 | 19,984 |
| Indonesia | 96 | 1:1,377,596 | 94,593 |
| Nigeria | 82 | 1:2,160,278 | 74,262 |
| United States | 76 | 1:4,769,196 | 247,034 |
| Papua New Guinea | 23 | 1:354,509 | 47,011 |
| Ivory Coast | 19 | 1:1,214,275 | 27,625 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,214,933 | 33,683 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 10 | 1:374,322 | 10,959 |
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 18 | 1:2,789,927 | 129,797 |
Essie (24,325) may also be a first name.
Essie Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Of territorial origin from the old barony of Eassie or Essie in Angus. Ese or Essie is still a surname in the shire. Hugh de Essi appears as a witness a. 1200 (LSC., 36). Waltyr of Essy had lease of Soutar land of Kethyk, 1476, and was tenant of Coitward, 1479 (Cupar-Angus, I, p. 224,228), Dauid Essee was tenant of part of Tulyangus, 1495 (ibid., I, p. 245), and David Essie of Muirtoun appears as a witness in 1591 (REB., II, 229). Some members of the old baronial family "bore the remarkable Christian name of Brandan or Branden" (Chalmers, Sculptured monuments of Angus, pl. XVI). Esse 1505.
A form of Eassie, which see.
Essie Demographics
Average Essie Salary in
United States
$32,530 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Essie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Essie Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Essie has its highest incidence in The Congo. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of Essie click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Essie? popularity and diffusion
The surname Essie is the 254,097th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 4,686,525 people. The last name Essie occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Essie reside; 53 percent reside in Central Africa and 52 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Essie is also the 32,689th most common forename internationally, held by 24,325 people.
The surname Essie is most common in The Congo, where it is carried by 517 people, or 1 in 9,650. In The Congo it is most frequent in: Brazzaville Department, where 94 percent live, Cuvette-Ouest Department, where 3 percent live and Pointe-Noire Department, where 2 percent live. Outside of The Congo this surname exists in 31 countries. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 24 percent live and Gabon, where 13 percent live.
Essie Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Essie has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Essie surname grew 422 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Essie Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Essie last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Essie surname are 13.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60% registered with the political party.
Essie earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 24.61% less than the national average, earning $32,530 USD per year.
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