Kesah Surname
Approximately 150 people bear this surname
Kesah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 67 | 1:440,212 | 22,576 |
| Cameroon | 48 | 1:432,689 | 36,488 |
| Indonesia | 30 | 1:4,408,306 | 217,989 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Kesah (707) may also be a first name.
Kesah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kesah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kesah is held by more people in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kesah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,434,893rd most widespread surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 48,583,639 people. The last name Kesah is mostly found in Asia, where 63 percent of Kesah live; 63 percent live in Southeast Asia and 63 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Kesah is also the 310,684th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, held by 707 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Malaysia, where it is held by 67 people, or 1 in 440,212. In Malaysia Kesah is most numerous in: Pahang, where 40 percent are found, Terengganu, where 27 percent are found and Kelantan, where 9 percent are found. Beside Malaysia this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 32 percent are found and Indonesia, where 20 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Kesah
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