Kesela Surname
Approximately 71 people bear this surname
Kesela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Ethiopia | 25 | 1:3,901,850 | 10,182 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
The alternate forms: Keselá (110) are calculated separately.
Kesela (22) may also be a first name.
Kesela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kesela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kesela is carried by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Keselá. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kesela? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,255,512th most widely held last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 102,641,492 people. Kesela occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Kesela live; 39 percent live in Central Africa and 39 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Kesela is also the 2,301,746th most widespread given name world-wide, borne by 22 people.
The last name Kesela is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 2,736,280. Without taking into account The DR Congo this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Ethiopia, where 35 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent reside.
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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
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