Kesly Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Kesly Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 | 1:4,184,890 | 180,076 |
Kesly (944) may also be a first name.
Kesly Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kesly Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kesly is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Kesly click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kesly? popularity and diffusion
Kesly is the 5,587,209th most widely held surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 42 percent of Kesly reside; 33 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 33 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 262,971st most frequently occurring given name world-wide, held by 944 people.
The last name Kesly is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 2,038,429. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: West New Britain, where 50 percent are found, East New Britain, where 25 percent are found and Enga, where 25 percent are found. Outside of Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 25 percent are found and The Dominican Republic, where 8 percent are found.
Kesly Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Kesly has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kesly last name decreased 92 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
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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 Kesly
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