Kessey Surname
Approximately 1,390 people bear this surname
Kessey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 1,039 | 1:26,006 | 3,108 |
| United States | 126 | 1:2,876,658 | 169,773 |
| Australia | 73 | 1:369,804 | 30,692 |
| England | 72 | 1:773,862 | 42,299 |
| Ivory Coast | 54 | 1:427,245 | 14,306 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 13 | 1:1,875,028 | 58,113 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 43 | 1:1,167,876 | 66,381 |
Kessey (114) may also be a first name.
Kessey Demographics
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Kessey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kessey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kessey is found most frequently in Ghana. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kessey? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 278,370th most common surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 5,242,839 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 78 percent of Kessey reside; 78 percent reside in West Africa and 78 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kessey is also the 877,214th most commonly held first name throughout the world It is held by 114 people.
Kessey is most commonly used in Ghana, where it is carried by 1,039 people, or 1 in 26,006. Beside Ghana Kessey occurs in 16 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 9 percent live and Australia, where 5 percent live.
Kessey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Kessey has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kessey last name rose 293 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 554 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kessey Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Kessey are 0.94% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 54.17% being registered with the party.
Kessey earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.12% less than the national average, earning $42,666 USD per year.
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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 Kessey
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