Kersem Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Kersem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kersem Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia81:16,531,149488,268
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Kersem (53) may also be a first name.

Kersem Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kersem Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Kersem is found most in Indonesia. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kersem? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,360,413th most widely held family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 89 percent of Kersem are found; 89 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 89 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Kersem is also the 1,366,219th most common first name world-wide, held by 53 people.

It is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 16,531,149. In Indonesia Kersem is most numerous in: West Java, where 100 percent reside. Beside Indonesia it occurs in one country. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kershem920/
Kersheme860/
Korsem83186/
Karsem83146/
Kirsem8315/
Kersim8310/
Kerzem832/
Kercem831/
Qersem831/
Kergem831/
Korshem77154/
Karsiem777/
Kershim771/
Kirshem770/
Kharseem713/
Karsheem711/
Kirsheim711/
Karsim671,088/
Carsem67398/
Karsym67147/
Krezem675/
Korzem674/
Kirscheim671/
Karzem671/
Kerchheim671/
Korcem671/

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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 Kersem
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