Kesab Surname

841,044th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 327 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Kesab Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kesab Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran1891:406,25725,944
India841:9,131,731182,786
Turkey281:2,779,33682,809
Philippines101:10,123,822213,993
Algeria71:5,518,79351,529
Israel61:1,426,27275,466
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

The alternate forms: Keşab (1) are calculated separately.

Kesab (9,863) may also be a first name.

Kesab Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kesab (Bengali: কেশব, Hindi: केसब, Marathi: केसब, Oriya: େକସବ, Tibetan: ཀེ་སབ་) occurs more in Iran more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as: Keşab. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kesab? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 841,044th most frequent surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 22,286,073 people. Kesab occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Kesab reside; 83 percent reside in South Asia and 58 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 61,809th most widely held first name on earth, borne by 9,863 people.

The surname Kesab is most frequent in Iran, where it is held by 189 people, or 1 in 406,257. In Iran it is most frequent in: Razavi Khorasan Province, where 38 percent reside, East Azerbaijan Province, where 30 percent reside and Tehran Province, where 17 percent reside. Without taking into account Iran this surname exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in India, where 26 percent reside and Turkey, where 9 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Keşab931/
Kessab912,721/
Keshab91395/
Ketsab911/
Keetsab838/
Keishab834/
Kesssab833/
Khaesab831/
Kasab8011,267/
Kesap80368/
Kisab8025/
Kosab8011/
Kejab803/
Kesob802/
Kezab801/
Keseb801/
Kecab801/
Kassab7347,869/
Kaszab73826/
Khasab73563/
Kashab73344/
Kasaab73144/
Keshap7383/
Kaisab7321/
Kesapp7315/
Khosab7312/
Kisjab7312/
Kiosab736/
Khisab736/
Koshab736/
Keiseb735/
Kasabh735/
Kerzab733/
Kesseb733/
Kejjab733/
Chesab732/
Keshob731/
Kesheb731/
Kasaub731/
Kishab731/
Kèssab731/
Koeseb731/
Kissab731/
Ckosab731/
Khashab676,500/
Kassabh672,483/
Khoeseb67194/
Khoshab67142/
Kessoub6797/
Kaishab6732/
Keyshap6710/
Khassab678/
Kossaib674/
Kassaab674/
Keshapp674/
Chessab673/
Khishab672/
Khaeseb672/
Kaissab671/
Kahssab671/
Kaassab671/
Kesahap671/
Khasaab671/
Khasabh671/
Khasahb671/
Kashayb671/
Kashabh671/
Hkejaib671/
Che'sab671/
Qoeshab671/
Kheiseb671/

Kesab Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kesab in the Bengali language
কেশবkesaba91.3
কেশবচন্দ্রkesabacandra4.35
কেসবkesaba4.35
Kesab in the Oriya language
େକସବekasaba84.75
େକଶବekasaba12.51
Kesab in the Marathi language
केसबkesaba75
केशवkesava8.33
केसेबkeseba8.33
केसाबkesaba8.33
Kesab in the Hindi language
केसबkesaba61.11
केशबkesaba38.89
Kesab in the Tibetan language
ཀེ་སབ་késab42.86
ཀེ་ཤཱབ་késhab14.29
སྐྱེ་གསརཔ་kyésarpa14.29
ཀེ་སྲབ་késab14.29
ཀེ་སཱབ་késab14.29

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kesab
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