Kesiah Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Kesiah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 32 | 1:4,132,787 | 209,071 |
| Israel | 15 | 1:570,509 | 41,023 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 15 | 1:3,347,912 | 150,340 |
Kesiah (774) may also be a first name.
Kesiah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kesiah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kesiah is held by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kesiah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,436,415th most commonly used surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 117,541,063 people. Kesiah occurs predominantly in Asia, where 76 percent of Kesiah reside; 52 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 52 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 295,011th most widespread first name at a global level, borne by 774 people.
The last name Kesiah is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is held by 32 people, or 1 in 4,132,787. In Indonesia it is mostly found in: West Nusa Tenggara, where 97 percent live and Aceh, where 3 percent live. Beside Indonesia this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 24 percent live and Nigeria, where 10 percent live.
Kesiah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Kesiah has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Kesiah last name decreased 60 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Kesiah
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