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
Average Kesa Salary in
United States
$61,875 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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) occurs most in The DR Congo. It can occur in the variant forms: Kesä, Keša, Keşa or Ķesa. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kesa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kesa is the 81,829th most common last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 1,228,928 people. The last name Kesa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 45 percent of Kesa are found; 27 percent are found in Central Africa and 27 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Kesa is also the 25,245th most frequently used first name world-wide It is held by 34,063 people.
The surname Kesa is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is held by 1,560 people, or 1 in 47,359. Excluding The DR Congo this last name is found in 51 countries. It is also found in India, where 21 percent live and Thailand, where 15 percent live.
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 last name grew 1,100 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kesa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Kesa last name is primarily 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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