Kettey Surname
Approximately 350 people bear this surname
Kettey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 346 | 1:78,094 | 7,799 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 8 | 1:3,046,921 | 80,371 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Kettey (19) may also be a first name.
Kettey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kettey Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kettey is most common in Ghana. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kettey? popularity and diffusion
Kettey is the 801,116th most numerous surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 20,821,560 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kettey live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most widely held first name in the world, held by 19 people.
The surname is most widespread in Ghana, where it is held by 346 people, or 1 in 78,094. Besides Ghana this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 1 percent reside and Germany, where 0 percent reside.
Kettey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Kettey has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name decreased 67 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 Kettey
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