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 last name Kechan (Hindi: केचन, Marathi: केचन, Oriya: େକଚନ, Russian: Кечан) occurs in Malaysia more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kechan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,944,094th most commonly occurring family name globally, held by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. Kechan occurs predominantly in Asia, where 82 percent of Kechan reside; 52 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 52 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 181,118th most numerous first name on earth, held by 1,784 people.
The last name Kechan is most common in Malaysia, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 1,282,358. In Malaysia it is most common in: Kelantan, where 52 percent live, Perak, where 35 percent live and Penang, where 9 percent live. Barring Malaysia it exists in 7 countries. It is also common in India, where 25 percent live and Sweden, where 9 percent live.
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
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- 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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