Kessley Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Kessley Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 10 | 1:440,854 | 21,753 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6 | 1:4,062,562 | 101,150 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,247,739 | 24,719 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 15 | 1:3,347,912 | 150,340 |
Kessley (86) may also be a first name.
Kessley Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kessley Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kessley occurs in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kessley? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kessley is the 5,213,395th most widely held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 71 percent of Kessley reside; 71 percent reside in West Africa and 71 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. Kessley is also the 1,032,266th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, held by 86 people.
The last name is most frequent in Liberia, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 440,854. In Liberia Kessley is most common in: Montserrado County, where 100 percent reside. Besides Liberia this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 29 percent reside.
Kessley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Kessley has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Kessley last name contracted 73 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Kessley
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