Kesire Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Kesire Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kesire (178) may also be a first name.
Kesire Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kesire Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kesire is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kesire? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,360,413th most prevalent last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname Kesire is mostly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Kesire live; 56 percent live in East Africa and 56 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Kesire is also the 683,417th most frequently held first name internationally It is held by 178 people.
This surname is most common in Kenya, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 11,544,975. In Kenya Kesire is mostly found in: Kiambu County, where 100 percent are found. Other than Kenya this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 11 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 11 percent are found.
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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 Kesire
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