Jessica Surname

71,984th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,855 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Chad

Jessica Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jessica Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,4271:254,00124,099
Chad1,3481:10,0831,325
Bangladesh8111:196,4946,734
Indonesia6031:219,31920,507
Ghana4851:55,7135,980
Australia2341:115,36612,799
Brazil1891:1,132,66839,509
Puerto Rico1521:23,356775
Singapore1331:41,4111,573
China1331:10,280,613645
Nigeria1271:1,394,82554,286
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
France1171:567,71676,560
India851:9,024,299181,432
England791:705,29239,851
New Zealand771:58,8099,204
Malaysia611:483,51224,345
Thailand541:1,308,118185,513
DR Congo481:1,539,15886,567
Canada391:944,75971,777
Botswana391:56,07510,323
Dominican Republic391:267,5119,432
Portugal381:274,16410,086
Brunei301:13,9581,702
United Arab Emirates301:305,40920,323
Germany261:3,096,364143,912
Papua New Guinea241:339,73845,241
Italy221:2,779,84997,128
Ecuador191:837,15013,424
Belgium181:638,70256,744
South Africa171:3,186,924115,449
Chile161:1,101,03021,213
Hong Kong141:523,9633,360
Cameroon131:1,597,62187,539
Philippines131:7,787,556197,164
Mexico121:10,343,85040,270
Taiwan101:2,344,47514,894
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Spain91:5,194,67182,436
Madagascar91:2,627,7603,802
Netherlands91:1,876,35385,467
Kenya81:5,772,48850,256
Argentina71:6,106,202178,634
Uganda61:6,506,546123,710
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
South Korea51:10,248,0511,694
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Sri Lanka41:5,202,14012,146
Panama41:978,06412,245
Cambodia41:3,871,7869,580
Colombia31:15,924,69128,711
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Romania31:6,692,62378,504
Mauritius31:431,13912,721
Honduras31:2,938,8147,190
Iceland31:126,6975,403
Iran21:38,391,262236,033
Senegal21:7,289,6718,117
Macau21:300,8151,009
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Nicaragua21:3,010,5457,383
Liberia21:2,204,26840,131
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
South Sudan11:11,415,0763,182
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403

The alternate forms: Jéssica (97), Jessicá (1), Jessíca (1) & Jèssica (1) are calculated separately.

Jessica (2,301,144) may also be a first name.

Jessica Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Jessica Come From? nationality or country of origin

Jessica (Bengali: জেসিকা, Hindi: जेसिका, Marathi: जेसीका, Oriya: େଯସିକା, Tibetan: ཇིས་སི་ཀ་) is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant: Jéssica, Jessicá, Jessíca or Jèssica. Click here for further potential spellings of Jessica.

How Common Is The Last Name Jessica? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 71,984th most commonly used family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 1,063,099 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 33 percent of Jessica reside; 29 percent reside in West Africa and 20 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 247th most widespread first name in the world, borne by 2,301,144 people.

This surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 1,427 people, or 1 in 254,001. In The United States Jessica is most common in: Texas, where 11 percent live, California, where 9 percent live and New York, where 8 percent live. Not including The United States it is found in 95 countries. It is also found in Chad, where 20 percent live and Bangladesh, where 12 percent live.

Jessica Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Jessica surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

In The United States those holding the Jessica last name are 30.1% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 83.33% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Jessica earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 25.13% less than the national average, earning $32,306 USD per year and in Canada they earn 37.19% less than the national average, earning $31,208 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jéssica9597/
Jessicá951/
Jessíca951/
Jèssica951/
Jessicha9377/
Jessicah9314/
Jessicca9310/
Jessicas935/
Jessicia931/
Jesseica931/
Djessica931/
Jessieca930/
Jesica92269/
Jessiccah881/
Yessica86323/
Jesicas8648/
Jessika8625/
Jeshica8625/
Jessico8619/
Jessyca8618/
Jesseca8613/
Jesicah864/
Jesicca862/
Jessuca862/
Gessica862/
Jeszica861/
Jescica861/
Jessice861/
Jesisca860/
Esica834/
Yessicat8017/
Djessika805/
Joissica801/
Giessica801/
Jesseika801/
Jessecca801/
Yesica77333/
Jesika77269/
Jesuca7713/
Zesica7712/
Essika779/
Sisica776/
Jecica775/
Jesyca773/
Gesica772/
Jesico771/
Jésica771/
Jeseca771/
Jesija771/
Jesice771/
Jessicker750/
Yessika7176/
Hessika7138/
Yesisca7120/
Yeshica7119/
Yessyca7118/
Gesicka7117/
Geshica7116/
Gessisa718/
Jeshika717/
Jezzica713/
Gessyca713/
Jessyka713/
Joysica711/
Jesycha711/
Seshica711/
Jecicah711/
Jessike711/
Jéssyca711/
Sesicka711/
Essicke710/
Jesseka710/
Jesiski710/
Esika672,797/
Esico67409/
Jesiecki6711/
Ceschica677/
Esiza676/
Chissica672/
Geyssyca671/
Ecica671/
Essikaya671/
Hessieka671/
Escichea671/
Gissicka670/
Jessique670/

Jessica Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Jessica in the Tibetan language
ཇིས་སི་ཀ་jisika-
Jessica in the Bengali language
জেসিকাjesika-
Jessica in the Marathi language
जेसीकाjesika93.55
जेशीjesi3.23
जेसीकमjesikama3.23
Jessica in the Oriya language
େଯସିକାeyasika50
େଜସିକାejasika50
Jessica in the Hindi language
जेसिकाjesika28.57
जैसिकाjaisika28.57
जेस्सिकाjes'sika28.57
जसिकाjasika14.29

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Jessica
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