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Family name Ессе (Esse , Yesse , Ессе ) , throughout the world, is a common cognomen. The cognomen Ессе is characteristic of Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Somalia, where it is quite a common surname, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a rare surname, and Ivory Coast. Much less frequently, Ессе is the forename as well as the last name.