Kechan Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Kechan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 23 | 1:1,282,358 | 54,976 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Kechan (1,784) may also be a first name.
Kechan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kechan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kechan (Hindi: केचन, Marathi: केचन, Oriya: େକଚନ, Russian: Кечан) is held by more people in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Kechan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kechan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,944,094th most widespread surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. The last name Kechan occurs mostly in Asia, where 82 percent of Kechan are found; 52 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 52 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 181,118th most frequent first name at a global level, held by 1,784 people.
The surname Kechan is most frequently used in Malaysia, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 1,282,358. In Malaysia it is most frequent in: Kelantan, where 52 percent are found, Perak, where 35 percent are found and Penang, where 9 percent are found. Barring Malaysia this surname occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in India, where 25 percent are found and Sweden, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kechan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kechan in the Oriya language | ||
| େକଚନ | ekacana | - |
| Kechan in the Hindi language | ||
| केचन | kecana | 90.68 |
| कॅचन | kecana | 6.78 |
| कॆचन | kecana | 1.69 |
| कचन | kacana | 0.85 |
| Kechan in the Marathi language | ||
| केचन | kecana | 77.78 |
| कॅचन | kecana | 11.11 |
| केचान | kecana | 11.11 |
| Kechan in the Russian language | ||
| Кечан | kecan | - |
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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 Kechan
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