Kekan Surname
Approximately 6,928 people bear this surname
Kekan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 6,860 | 1:111,817 | 7,291 |
| Indonesia | 30 | 1:4,408,306 | 217,989 |
| Philippines | 15 | 1:6,749,215 | 188,373 |
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Kekan (133) may also be a first name.
Kekan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kekan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kekan (Hindi: केकन, Marathi: केकान, Oriya: େକକାନ) has its highest incidence in India. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Kekan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kekan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kekan is the 71,278th most commonly held surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,051,898 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Kekan are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 99 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 804,402nd most numerous first name in the world. It is borne by 133 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in India, where it is held by 6,860 people, or 1 in 111,817. In India Kekan is most numerous in: Maharashtra, where 99 percent reside, Gujarat, where 0 percent reside and Tamil Nadu, where 0 percent reside. Outside of India Kekan is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 0 percent reside and The Philippines, where 0 percent reside.
Kekan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Kekan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Kekan surname expanded 250 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kekan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kekan in the Oriya language | ||
| େକକାନ | ekakana | - |
| Kekan in the Hindi language | ||
| केकन | kekana | 83.33 |
| केकण | kekana | 16.67 |
| Kekan in the Marathi language | ||
| केकान | kekana | 49.42 |
| केकाण | kekana | 42.1 |
| केकन | kekana | 6.05 |
| केकण | kekana | 0.77 |
| कॆकाण | kekana | 0.12 |
| कोकणे | kokane | 0.06 |
| केकाणे | kekane | 0.04 |
| कोकाण | kokana | 0.04 |
| केळान | kelana | 0.02 |
| केकणे | kekane | 0.02 |
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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 Kekan
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