Kahessay Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Kahessay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kahessay (1,156) may also be a first name.
Kahessay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kahessay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kahessay is held by more people in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kahessay? popularity and diffusion
Kahessay is the 4,772,636th most frequently held family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Kahessay live; 94 percent live in East Africa and 94 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Kahessay is also the 233,837th most common first name throughout the world It is held by 1,156 people.
The surname is most frequent in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 6,096,641. Apart from Ethiopia Kahessay exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kahessaye | 94 | 9 | / |
| Kahesay | 93 | 2,259 | / |
| Kahessy | 93 | 1 | / |
| Kaehessaye | 89 | 1 | / |
| Kahissay | 88 | 7 | / |
| Kahesaye | 88 | 4 | / |
| Kahessai | 88 | 1 | / |
| Kahesa | 86 | 59 | / |
| Kaessa | 86 | 3 | / |
| Kaesay | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kahissaye | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kahisay | 80 | 1,941 | / |
| Kahesha | 80 | 54 | / |
| Khaessa | 80 | 5 | / |
| Kahissa | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kaheesa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Cahessa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kaesa | 77 | 511 | / |
| Kaesy | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kahessie | 75 | 8 | / |
| Khaheshy | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kahisaye | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kahesi | 71 | 1,051 | / |
| Kahisa | 71 | 118 | / |
| Caessa | 71 | 77 | / |
| Koessa | 71 | 47 | / |
| Kehesa | 71 | 28 | / |
| Kahese | 71 | 22 | / |
| Kaesha | 71 | 7 | / |
| Khoesa | 71 | 6 | / |
| Kaeses | 71 | 5 | / |
| Keussa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Khaesa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Keussy | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kaesse | 71 | 1 | / |
| Khaeshayi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kahiessie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Cahesa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Caesay | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kaesai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Keaesa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Koesay | 71 | 0 | / |
| Khoeses | 67 | 504 | / |
| Kahisha | 67 | 391 | / |
| Kaheshi | 67 | 195 | / |
| Koessoy | 67 | 167 | / |
| Kaheesi | 67 | 79 | / |
| Khoesha | 67 | 48 | / |
| Kaheshe | 67 | 43 | / |
| Kahuisa | 67 | 34 | / |
| Kuiessa | 67 | 7 | / |
| Khaesai | 67 | 7 | / |
| Kaehese | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kaesiah | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kahezah | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kahetsi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Khehisa | 67 | 2 | / |
| K'Hoesa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaesaas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cahissa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kahisse | 67 | 1 | / |
| Keussah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khaeses | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kauisay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaheeza | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kahesie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kahicey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khaesha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaesouy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaetsap | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kahitsa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kahisia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaessie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Caessey | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Kahessay
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis