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 last name Kesa (Georgian: კესა, Hindi: केसा, Marathi: केसा, Oriya: େକଶା, Russian: Кеса) is more frequently found in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Kesä, Keša, Keşa or Ķesa. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kesa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 81,829th most frequently used family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 1,228,928 people. This last name 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 commonly held first name throughout the world, borne by 34,063 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 1,560 people, or 1 in 47,359. Beside The DR Congo this surname is found in 51 countries. It is also common in India, where 21 percent are found and Thailand, where 15 percent are found.
Kesa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Kesa has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Kesa surname expanded 1,100 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kesa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is chiefly 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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