Kesawan Surname

2,530,696th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 58 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Kesawan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kesawan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia281:1,053,36546,873
India231:33,350,669396,143
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521

Kesawan (120) may also be a first name.

Kesawan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kesawan (Marathi: केसावन) is more commonly found in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Kesawan.

How Common Is The Last Name Kesawan? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kesawan is the 2,530,696th most frequently held surname on earth, held by around 1 in 125,647,343 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Kesawan live; 55 percent live in Southeast Asia and 53 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Kesawan is also the 852,104th most prevalent first name at a global level It is held by 120 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Malaysia, where it is borne by 28 people, or 1 in 1,053,365. In Malaysia Kesawan is primarily concentrated in: Selangor, where 29 percent are found, Perak, where 25 percent are found and Kuala Lumpur, where 14 percent are found. Barring Malaysia this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in India, where 40 percent are found and Indonesia, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kesawan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kesawan in the Marathi language
केसावनkesavana-

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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 Kesawan
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