Kesa Surname
Approximately 5,930 people bear this surname
Kesa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 1,560 | 1:47,359 | 5,748 |
| India | 1,234 | 1:621,609 | 29,693 |
| Thailand | 913 | 1:77,369 | 10,311 |
| South Africa | 502 | 1:107,924 | 13,006 |
| Papua New Guinea | 330 | 1:24,708 | 2,731 |
| Estonia | 272 | 1:4,860 | 483 |
| Kenya | 267 | 1:172,958 | 13,142 |
| Indonesia | 259 | 1:510,615 | 41,633 |
| Uganda | 138 | 1:282,893 | 20,096 |
| Nigeria | 90 | 1:1,968,253 | 69,534 |
| Zimbabwe | 52 | 1:296,889 | 30,036 |
| Malaysia | 46 | 1:641,179 | 30,740 |
| Philippines | 41 | 1:2,469,225 | 130,198 |
| Turkey | 33 | 1:2,358,225 | 75,877 |
| Cameroon | 21 | 1:989,003 | 63,570 |
| Finland | 18 | 1:305,372 | 22,464 |
| Brazil | 17 | 1:12,592,608 | 246,358 |
| Solomon Islands | 14 | 1:41,431 | 8,080 |
| Russia | 12 | 1:12,010,255 | 361,204 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Lesotho | 9 | 1:225,840 | 14,831 |
| Tanzania | 8 | 1:6,617,702 | 68,742 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Ukraine | 7 | 1:6,503,242 | 257,739 |
| Nepal | 7 | 1:4,068,708 | 11,207 |
| Latvia | 6 | 1:341,674 | 26,199 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Moldova | 3 | 1:1,187,123 | 48,973 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Kesä (27), Keša (17), Keşa (4) & Ķesa (1) are calculated separately.
Kesa (34,063) may also be a first name.
Kesa Demographics
Kesa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kesa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kesa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kesa (Georgian: კესა, Hindi: केसा, Marathi: केसा, Oriya: େକଶା, Russian: Кеса) is most common in The DR Congo. It may also occur as a variant: Kesä, Keša, Keşa or Ķesa. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kesa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kesa is the 81,829th most widespread surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 1,228,928 people. The last name Kesa occurs mostly in Africa, where 45 percent of Kesa reside; 27 percent reside in Central Africa and 27 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Kesa is also the 25,245th most widespread forename in the world. It is borne by 34,063 people.
This surname is most frequently used in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 1,560 people, or 1 in 47,359. Outside of The DR Congo this last name exists in 51 countries. It is also common in India, where 21 percent reside and Thailand, where 15 percent reside.
Kesa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Kesa has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kesa surname increased 1,100 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kesa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
The amount Kesa earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 50.38% less than the national average, earning R 117,924 per year and in United States they earn 43.4% more than the national average, earning $61,875 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kesa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kesa in the Georgian language | ||
| კესა | kesa | - |
| Kesa in the Hindi language | ||
| केसा | kesa | 99.76 |
| केशा | kesa | 0.17 |
| केस | kesa | 0.02 |
| क्ेसा | kesa | 0.02 |
| Kesa in the Marathi language | ||
| केसा | kesa | 99.07 |
| केस | kesa | 0.62 |
| केशा | kesa | 0.31 |
| Kesa in the Oriya language | ||
| େକଶା | ekasa | 68 |
| େକସା | ekasa | 18.4 |
| େକଷା | ekasa | 8.8 |
| େସାଡି | esadi | 1.6 |
| େକଶ | ekasa | 0.8 |
| Kesa in the Russian language | ||
| Кеса | kesa | - |
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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 Kesa
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