Keskis Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Iceland

Keskis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Keskis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Keskis (36) may also be a first name.

Keskis Last Name Facts

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

The last name Keskis has its highest incidence in Ethiopia. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Keskis? popularity and diffusion

Keskis is the 7,117,718th most prevalent surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 57 percent of Keskis live; 57 percent live in East Africa and 57 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 1,717,090th most numerous forename in the world. It is borne by 36 people.

The surname Keskis is most widely held in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 24,386,566. Apart from Ethiopia this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Iceland, where 14 percent reside and Latvia, where 14 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Koeskis920/
Keszkis920/
Keskies920/
Keskes831,148/
Kiskis83828/
Koskis839/
Ceskis832/
Kaskis832/
Keskys831/
Cheskis77172/
Keskeys7768/
Kesckes7717/
Keskich7714/
Kesskes772/
Keskese771/
Keskeus771/
Kaskish771/
Koskish771/
Kaskuis770/
Kashkish716/
Keshkesh714/
Koshkish713/
Kisskiss711/
Khoshkis711/
Khoshkish67470/
Kiškis67241/
Keskeç67118/
Kezkiç6785/
Kiskiç6723/
Kečkiš6710/
Kozkis674/
Kechkeish673/
Kezkiz671/
Caskis670/

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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 Keskis
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