Keshave Surname

539,451st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 596 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Keshave Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Keshave Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India5701:1,345,72952,280
South Africa261:2,083,75892,464

Keshave (88) may also be a first name.

Keshave Last Name Facts

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

The surname Keshave (Hindi: केशव, Marathi: केशवे) is most common in India. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Keshave? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 539,451st most frequently occurring family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 12,227,426 people. The surname Keshave is primarily found in Asia, where 96 percent of Keshave are found; 96 percent are found in South Asia and 96 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,017,994th most frequently held given name globally, held by 88 people.

This surname is most commonly used in India, where it is borne by 570 people, or 1 in 1,345,729. In India Keshave is most common in: Maharashtra, where 98 percent are found, Telangana, where 1 percent are found and Gujarat, where 1 percent are found. Excluding India this last name is found in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 4 percent are found.

Keshave Last Name Statistics demography

Keshave earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 34.55% less than the national average, earning R 155,532 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Keshave Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Keshave in the Hindi language
केशवkesava-
Keshave in the Marathi language
केशवेkesave98.33
केशवkesava1.19
ेकेशवेekesave0.24
केशवेाजkesaveaja0.24

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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 Keshave
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