Kesi Surname
Approximately 134,508 people bear this surname
Kesi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepal | 127,386 | 1:224 | 47 |
| Kenya | 1,780 | 1:25,944 | 2,907 |
| India | 1,710 | 1:448,576 | 23,173 |
| Thailand | 814 | 1:86,779 | 11,957 |
| Tanzania | 801 | 1:66,094 | 6,984 |
| Indonesia | 401 | 1:329,798 | 28,833 |
| Uganda | 271 | 1:144,056 | 12,926 |
| Papua New Guinea | 199 | 1:40,973 | 4,986 |
| Lesotho | 199 | 1:10,214 | 2,325 |
| Nigeria | 171 | 1:1,035,923 | 43,476 |
| South Africa | 158 | 1:342,897 | 31,680 |
| Iran | 158 | 1:485,965 | 29,156 |
| Solomon Islands | 136 | 1:4,265 | 512 |
| DR Congo | 130 | 1:568,304 | 43,658 |
| Zimbabwe | 38 | 1:406,269 | 36,425 |
| Cameroon | 30 | 1:692,302 | 50,404 |
| Argentina | 19 | 1:2,249,653 | 107,269 |
| Philippines | 14 | 1:7,231,302 | 192,576 |
| United States | 13 | 1:27,881,456 | 736,413 |
| Taiwan | 11 | 1:2,131,341 | 13,802 |
| Slovakia | 11 | 1:485,132 | 57,527 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Kesi (31,136) may also be a first name.
Kesi Demographics
Average Kesi Salary in
United States
$20,036 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kesi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kesi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kesi (Hindi: केसी, Marathi: केसी, Oriya: େକଶୀ, Russian: Кеси, Tibetan: ཀེ་སི) has its highest incidence in Nepal. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kesi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,178th most commonly held family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 54,179 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 97 percent of Kesi live; 96 percent live in South Asia and 96 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 27,123rd most widespread first name throughout the world, borne by 31,136 people.
The last name Kesi is most widely held in Nepal, where it is borne by 127,386 people, or 1 in 224. In Nepal Kesi is primarily concentrated in: Bagmati, where 34 percent reside, Rapti, where 29 percent reside and Gandaki, where 8 percent reside. Barring Nepal this surname occurs in 44 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 1 percent reside and India, where 1 percent reside.
Kesi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Kesi surname is predominantly Christian (86%) in Kenya.
The amount Kesi earn in different countries varies marginally. In South Africa they earn 51.54% less than the national average, earning R 115,152 per year and in United States they earn 53.57% less than the national average, earning $20,036 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kesi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kesi in the Hindi language | ||
| केसी | kesi | 99.71 |
| के़सी़ | kesi | 0.13 |
| केशी | kesi | 0.04 |
| केशि | kesi | 0.03 |
| केसि | kesi | 0.02 |
| के॰सी॰ | kesi | 0.01 |
| केली | keli | 0.01 |
| के़सी | kesi | 0.01 |
| Kesi in the Marathi language | ||
| केसी | kesi | 98.05 |
| कॅसी | kesi | 1.71 |
| केसा | kesa | 0.24 |
| Kesi in the Oriya language | ||
| େକଶୀ | ekasi | 53.47 |
| େକଶି | ekasi | 35.88 |
| େକସି | ekasi | 7.57 |
| େକସୀ | ekasi | 0.93 |
| େକଷୀ | ekasi | 0.17 |
| ଲକ୍ଷୀ | laksi | 0.12 |
| Kesi in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཀེ་སི | kési | 33.33 |
| ཀི་སི་ | kisi | 33.33 |
| ཀེ་སི་ | kési | 33.33 |
| Kesi in the Russian language | ||
| Кеси | kesi | - |
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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 Kesi
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