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
Average Male Kesler Height
179.52 cm
Average Female Kesler Height
164.6 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Kesler Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kesler Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kesler (Georgian: კესლერ, Russian: Кеслер) has its highest incidence in The United States. It may also appear as: Keslér. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kesler.
How Common Is The Last Name Kesler? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 37,669th most widely held family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 521,246 people. It 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. It is also the 387,696th most numerous first name internationally. It is borne by 481 people.
The last name Kesler is most widespread in The United States, where it is carried by 8,115 people, or 1 in 44,665. In The United States Kesler is most frequent in: Georgia, where 8 percent are found, California, where 7 percent are found and North Carolina, where 7 percent are found. Barring The United States Kesler occurs in 69 countries. It is also found in Turkey, where 13 percent are found and Russia, where 7 percent are found.
Kesler Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Kesler has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kesler surname increased 280 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 424 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kesler Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Orthodox (83%) in Russia and Orthodox (50%) in Ukraine.
In The United States Kesler are 20.94% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 67.71% being 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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Kesler Reference & Research
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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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- 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
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