Gessey Surname
Approximately 645 people bear this surname
Gessey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somalia | 392 | 1:34,316 | 1,714 |
| England | 170 | 1:327,753 | 24,219 |
| France | 37 | 1:1,795,209 | 158,669 |
| United States | 17 | 1:21,321,114 | 641,998 |
| Australia | 11 | 1:2,454,155 | 103,534 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 67 | 1:363,811 | 22,769 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Gessey (34) may also be a first name.
Gessey Demographics
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Gessey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gessey Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gessey occurs in Somalia more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of Gessey click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gessey? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 507,898th most frequently held family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 11,298,521 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 62 percent of Gessey reside; 61 percent reside in East Africa and 61 percent reside in Cushitic Africa. Gessey is also the 1,775,424th most prevalent first name internationally. It is borne by 34 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Somalia, where it is borne by 392 people, or 1 in 34,316. Not including Somalia it is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in England, where 26 percent are found and France, where 6 percent are found.
Gessey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Gessey has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Gessey last name expanded 254 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it expanded 213 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gessey Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Gessey surname are 19.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 66.67% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Gessey earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 11.57% less than the national average, earning $38,156 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.16% less than the national average, earning $42,650 CAD per year.
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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 Gessey
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