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
Kechan (Hindi: केचन, Marathi: केचन, Oriya: େକଚନ, Russian: Кечан) is found most frequently in Malaysia. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kechan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kechan is the 2,944,094th most commonly used last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. Kechan is predominantly found 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 numerous given name at a global level, borne by 1,784 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Malaysia, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 1,282,358. In Malaysia Kechan is most common in: Kelantan, where 52 percent reside, Perak, where 35 percent reside and Penang, where 9 percent reside. Barring Malaysia this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in India, where 25 percent reside and Sweden, where 9 percent reside.
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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