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 last name Kessei is found most frequently in Kenya. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Kessei click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kessei? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,530,696th most commonly held surname on earth, held by around 1 in 125,647,343 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Kessei reside; 93 percent reside in East Africa and 91 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 54 people, or 1 in 855,183. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Uasin Gishu County, where 96 percent reside, Baringo County, where 2 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 2 percent reside. Not including Kenya this surname is found 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
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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 Kessei
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