Kahsay Surname
Approximately 88,054 people bear this surname
Kahsay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 65,197 | 1:1,496 | 266 |
| Eritrea | 22,145 | 1:215 | 82 |
| United States | 233 | 1:1,555,618 | 105,142 |
| Sweden | 169 | 1:58,265 | 4,488 |
| England | 75 | 1:742,907 | 41,196 |
| Canada | 63 | 1:584,851 | 48,473 |
| Norway | 28 | 1:183,653 | 21,594 |
| Germany | 21 | 1:3,833,593 | 163,016 |
| Netherlands | 17 | 1:993,363 | 65,241 |
| Sudan | 16 | 1:2,344,387 | 4,438 |
| Switzerland | 15 | 1:547,528 | 38,365 |
| United Arab Emirates | 12 | 1:763,523 | 25,625 |
| Australia | 11 | 1:2,454,155 | 103,534 |
| Belgium | 10 | 1:1,149,664 | 82,403 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
Kahsay (84,308) may also be a first name.
Kahsay Demographics
Average Kahsay Salary in
United States
$35,458 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kahsay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kahsay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kahsay occurs in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kahsay? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,413th most common surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 82,762 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kahsay live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 11,845th most frequently used first name at a global level, held by 84,308 people.
It is most numerous in Ethiopia, where it is held by 65,197 people, or 1 in 1,496. Excluding Ethiopia this surname is found in 34 countries. It is also found in Eritrea, where 25 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
Kahsay Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Kahsay surname are 32.48% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 85.71% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Kahsay earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 28.56% less than the national average, earning 247,241 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 61.76% more than the national average, earning R 384,396 per year; in United States they earn 17.82% less than the national average, earning $35,458 USD per year and in Canada they earn 35.48% less than the national average, earning $32,054 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 Kahsay
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