Jessey Surname
Approximately 844 people bear this surname
Jessey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 463 | 1:382,598 | 20,281 |
| England | 113 | 1:493,080 | 31,588 |
| Liberia | 80 | 1:55,107 | 4,868 |
| Tanzania | 64 | 1:827,213 | 43,161 |
| Papua New Guinea | 41 | 1:198,871 | 27,541 |
| Canada | 22 | 1:1,674,800 | 111,190 |
| Israel | 21 | 1:407,506 | 32,346 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| Panama | 10 | 1:391,226 | 8,067 |
| Solomon Islands | 6 | 1:96,672 | 18,437 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:618,906 | 25,852 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 52 | 1:468,757 | 26,382 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 104 | 1:482,872 | 34,278 |
Jessey (6,075) may also be a first name.
Jessey Demographics
Average Jessey Salary in
England
£25,968
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Jessey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jessey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jessey is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jessey? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 412,986th most commonly held surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,634,533 people. The surname Jessey is primarily found in Africa, where 72 percent of Jessey live; 64 percent live in West Africa and 55 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Jessey is also the 84,987th most numerous forename world-wide, borne by 6,075 people.
The surname Jessey is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 463 people, or 1 in 382,598. In Nigeria Jessey is most frequent in: Akwa Ibom, where 30 percent live, Adamawa, where 13 percent live and Bayelsa, where 11 percent live. Other than Nigeria Jessey exists in 15 countries. It is also found in England, where 13 percent live and Liberia, where 9 percent live.
Jessey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Jessey has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Jessey surname grew 217 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Jessey Last Name Statistics demography
Jessey earn around the same as the average income. In Canada they earn 3.07% more than the national average, earning $51,206 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 Jessey
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