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 held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Kessei.
How Common Is The Last Name Kessei? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kessei is the 2,530,696th most widespread last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 125,647,343 people. Kessei occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Kessei live; 93 percent live in East Africa and 91 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
Kessei is most numerous in Kenya, where it is carried by 54 people, or 1 in 855,183. In Kenya Kessei is most numerous in: Uasin Gishu County, where 96 percent live, Baringo County, where 2 percent live and Nairobi County, where 2 percent live. Besides Kenya Kessei is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 3 percent live and Brazil, where 2 percent live.
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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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