Kessei Surname
Approximately 58 people bear this surname
Kessei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 54 | 1:855,183 | 32,488 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Kessei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kessei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kessei is found most in Kenya. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kessei? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,530,696th most numerous surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 125,647,343 people. The surname Kessei occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Kessei are found; 93 percent are found in East Africa and 91 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The surname Kessei is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is borne by 54 people, or 1 in 855,183. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Uasin Gishu County, where 96 percent reside, Baringo County, where 2 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 2 percent reside. Beside Kenya Kessei exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 3 percent reside and Brazil, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Kessei
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