Kess Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 6
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 9
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 1
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 1
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 7

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Kess Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Kess family

Profession Census Frequency
School 2
Worker On Farm 2
Hairdresser 1
Iron Dresser 1
Piassava Dresser Manager 1
Doffer For Spinning 1
Farmer 1
Analytical Chemist 1
Marine Engineer & Fitter 1
General Servant 1
Draughtsman 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Kess

Name Census Frequency
John Kess 9
William Kess 8
Elizabeth Kess 7
Mary Kess 5
George Kess 4
Sarah Kess 4
Ann Kess 3
Charles Kess 3
Edward Kess 3
Ellen Kess 3
Henry Kess 3
James Kess 3
Joseph Kess 3
Martha Kess 3
Richard Kess 3
Robert Kess 3
Alfred Kess 2
Andrew Kess 2
Annie Kess 2
Archibald Kess 2
Catherine Kess 2
Edith Kess 2
Louisa Kess 2
Stephen Kess 2
Thomas Kess 2

Kess Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Kees 75% 638
2 Kiss 75% 454
3 Kes 75% 155
4 Kess 100% 114

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The surname Kess is the 4th most popular variant of Kees.

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