Jessney Surname

2,185,341st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 75 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Jessney Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jessney Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England711:784,76142,668
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Jessney (10) may also be a first name.

Jessney Last Name Facts

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

Jessney is carried by more people in England than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Jessney? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,185,341st most commonly held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 97,167,279 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Jessney are found; 97 percent are found in Northern Europe and 97 percent are found in British Isles. Jessney is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 10 people.

The surname is most prevalent in England, where it is held by 71 people, or 1 in 784,761. In England Jessney is most numerous in: East Riding of Yorkshire, where 59 percent are found, Hampshire, where 24 percent are found and Devon, where 11 percent are found. Besides England this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Scotland, where 3 percent are found and Cyprus, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jesney92234/
Essney921/
Jessne920/
Jessner86405/
Hessney86128/
Cessney864/
Jessnes864/
Jesnney861/
Sessney860/
Esney8322/
Jesne836/
Essne835/
Jesny833/
Chessney802/
Sisney77949/
Jesner77209/
Jesnes7759/
Sesney7743/
Hesney7736/
Yesney7721/
Yessne7713/
Hessne7711/
Cesney777/
Gessne774/
Jesnet772/
Hessny771/
Jessna771/
Jesnay771/
Jesnez771/
Gessny770/
Esne73141/
Esny735/
Gessner719,948/
Chesney719,621/
Hessner71502/
Scisney71149/
Sissney71100/
Scesney7196/
Cissney7174/
Jesness7162/
Zessner7138/
Jeschny7117/
Yessner7116/
Zeissny715/
Cessnea712/
Jeszner711/
Jesenne711/
Jehsner711/
Jissner711/
Chessny711/
Gessnes710/
Seusney710/
Jetsner710/
Heissner67187/
Esnee67119/
Jesna67114/
Sesny6795/
Cesne6783/
Jetschny6775/
Zeissner6773/
Gesny6759/
Jesni6757/
Yesne6736/
Esnay6733/
Chessnoe6726/
Hesny6722/
Gesne6719/
Essni6712/
Esnae6711/
Jesný6711/
Jeschner6710/
Yesny679/
Zesny675/
Sisne675/
Jesná675/
Jezny674/
Jisny674/
Chessner674/
Essna673/
Jesné673/
Hesne673/
Jexne672/
Djessnou671/
Cheysney671/
Esnoy671/
Esnoe671/
Esnne671/
Ječny671/
Eshne671/
Gessgner671/
Esnei671/
Sesne671/
Cheasney670/
Hiessner670/

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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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  • 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 Jessney
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