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 more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jessey? popularity and diffusion
The last name Jessey is the 412,986th most numerous surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,634,533 people. The surname Jessey is mostly found in Africa, where 72 percent of Jessey live; 64 percent live in West Africa and 55 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 84,987th most frequently used given name on earth. It is borne by 6,075 people.
Jessey is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 463 people, or 1 in 382,598. In Nigeria it is most common in: Akwa Ibom, where 30 percent reside, Adamawa, where 13 percent reside and Bayelsa, where 11 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this surname occurs in 15 countries. It is also common in England, where 13 percent reside and Liberia, where 9 percent reside.
Jessey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Jessey has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Jessey surname increased 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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