Kesler Surname
Approximately 13,981 people bear this surname
Kesler Surname User-submission:
It is an occupational name that means 'coppersmith'.
Kesler Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8,115 | 1:44,665 | 5,471 |
| Turkey | 1,872 | 1:41,571 | 4,272 |
| Russia | 974 | 1:147,970 | 17,142 |
| Poland | 465 | 1:81,739 | 12,681 |
| France | 321 | 1:206,924 | 32,150 |
| Germany | 308 | 1:261,381 | 27,997 |
| Argentina | 286 | 1:149,452 | 12,636 |
| Kazakhstan | 218 | 1:81,112 | 9,462 |
| Ukraine | 203 | 1:224,250 | 29,869 |
| Canada | 194 | 1:189,926 | 18,713 |
| Netherlands | 183 | 1:92,280 | 15,166 |
| England | 89 | 1:626,046 | 36,944 |
| Estonia | 88 | 1:15,020 | 2,406 |
| Brazil | 78 | 1:2,744,543 | 81,769 |
| Czechia | 64 | 1:166,148 | 25,172 |
| Belgium | 56 | 1:205,297 | 26,724 |
| Luxembourg | 46 | 1:12,620 | 2,379 |
| Jamaica | 42 | 1:68,332 | 3,418 |
| South Africa | 41 | 1:1,321,407 | 72,211 |
| Serbia | 34 | 1:210,146 | 12,577 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Uzbekistan | 22 | 1:1,405,870 | 25,726 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 19 | 1:314,350 | 27,488 |
| Israel | 19 | 1:450,402 | 34,739 |
| Croatia | 17 | 1:248,741 | 26,882 |
| Belarus | 17 | 1:558,886 | 50,306 |
| Slovakia | 14 | 1:381,175 | 50,143 |
| Romania | 14 | 1:1,434,134 | 53,593 |
| Australia | 13 | 1:2,076,592 | 93,242 |
| Montenegro | 13 | 1:49,197 | 3,233 |
| Chile | 12 | 1:1,468,040 | 24,959 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Transnistria | 9 | 1:52,744 | 7,681 |
| Lithuania | 8 | 1:379,324 | 17,382 |
| Bulgaria | 8 | 1:872,363 | 31,900 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| Paraguay | 8 | 1:904,593 | 9,127 |
| Finland | 7 | 1:785,243 | 38,644 |
| Austria | 6 | 1:1,419,239 | 86,529 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| Georgia | 3 | 1:1,248,515 | 28,066 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Saint Lucia | 2 | 1:89,390 | 2,918 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 21 | 1:1,160,732 | 43,748 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:784,208 | 16,349 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:51,882 | 3,898 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,900 | 1:17,317 | 2,197 |
The alternate forms: Keslér (1) are calculated separately.
Kesler (481) may also be a first name.
Kesler Surname Meaning
Kesler Demographics
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Kesler Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kesler Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kesler (Georgian: კესლერ, Russian: Кеслер) has its highest incidence in The United States. It may also appear as: Keslér. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kesler? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 37,669th most commonly held last name in the world, held by around 1 in 521,246 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 63 percent of Kesler are found; 59 percent are found in North America and 59 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Kesler is also the 387,696th most common first name on earth It is held by 481 people.
It is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 8,115 people, or 1 in 44,665. In The United States it is primarily found in: Georgia, where 8 percent live, California, where 7 percent live and North Carolina, where 7 percent live. Excluding The United States this last name is found in 69 countries. It also occurs in Turkey, where 13 percent live and Russia, where 7 percent live.
Kesler Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Kesler has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 280 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 424 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kesler Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Kesler surname is primarily Orthodox (83%) in Russia and Orthodox (50%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Kesler last name are 20.94% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 67.71% registered with the political party.
The amount Kesler earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 74.65% more than the national average, earning R 415,032 per year; in United States they earn 0.41% more than the national average, earning $43,328 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.64% more than the national average, earning $50,498 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kesler Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kesler in the Georgian language | ||
| კესლერ | kesler | - |
| Kesler in the Russian language | ||
| Кеслер | kesler | - |
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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
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