Kessa Surname
Approximately 2,072 people bear this surname
Kessa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 750 | 1:45,968 | 7,487 |
| Ivory Coast | 298 | 1:77,420 | 4,244 |
| Niger | 245 | 1:78,335 | 3,423 |
| Cameroon | 164 | 1:126,641 | 14,369 |
| DR Congo | 157 | 1:470,571 | 38,110 |
| Tanzania | 109 | 1:485,703 | 32,780 |
| Congo | 102 | 1:48,913 | 4,507 |
| South Africa | 57 | 1:950,486 | 60,033 |
| Estonia | 50 | 1:26,436 | 4,834 |
| Brazil | 31 | 1:6,905,624 | 162,221 |
| Benin | 19 | 1:543,979 | 34,804 |
| Indonesia | 17 | 1:7,779,364 | 314,803 |
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Haiti | 7 | 1:1,526,272 | 14,436 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Kessa (1,187) may also be a first name.
Kessa Demographics
Average Kessa Salary in
South Africa
R 183,696
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Kessa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kessa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kessa (Hindi: केस्सा, Russian: Кесса) is found most in Morocco. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kessa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kessa is the 201,262nd most common family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 3,517,155 people. The surname Kessa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Kessa live; 36 percent live in North Africa and 36 percent live in Mahgreb. Kessa is also the 230,167th most frequent first name world-wide, borne by 1,187 people.
It is most widely held in Morocco, where it is borne by 750 people, or 1 in 45,968. Without taking into account Morocco this last name exists in 35 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 14 percent are found and Niger, where 12 percent are found.
Kessa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Kessa has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 29 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kessa Last Name Statistics demography
Kessa earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 22.7% less than the national average, earning R 183,696 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kessa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kessa in the Hindi language | ||
| केस्सा | kes'sa | - |
| Kessa in the Russian language | ||
| Кесса | kessa | - |
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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 Kessa
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