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 also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kessei? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,530,696th most frequent surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 125,647,343 people. The last name Kessei occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Kessei reside; 93 percent reside in East Africa and 91 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The surname is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is held by 54 people, or 1 in 855,183. In Kenya Kessei is most prevalent in: Uasin Gishu County, where 96 percent live, Baringo County, where 2 percent live and Nairobi County, where 2 percent live. Other than Kenya it occurs 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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