Kessan Surname
Approximately 81 people bear this surname
Kessan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 21 | 1:492,172 | 32,947 |
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| Zimbabwe | 14 | 1:1,102,731 | 66,551 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Ivory Coast | 8 | 1:2,883,904 | 43,419 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Kessan (470) may also be a first name.
Kessan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kessan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kessan (Hindi: केस्सन) occurs most in Benin. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kessan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,091,648th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 89,969,703 people. Kessan is predominantly found in Africa, where 84 percent of Kessan reside; 59 percent reside in West Africa and 59 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kessan is also the 392,739th most frequent given name in the world, borne by 470 people.
It is most frequently held in Benin, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 492,172. In Benin it is most frequent in: Kouffo Department, where 86 percent reside, Zou Department, where 10 percent reside and Atakora Department, where 5 percent reside. Outside of Benin this last name is found in 11 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 21 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 17 percent reside.
Kessan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Kessan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kessan surname expanded 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kessan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kessan in the Hindi language | ||
| केस्सन | kes'sana | - |
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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 Kessan
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