Kessang Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Kessang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Kessang (410) may also be a first name.
Kessang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kessang Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kessang (Tibetan: སྐལ་བཟང་) is most common in Cameroon. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kessang? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,063,924th most frequently used family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name Kessang occurs predominantly in Asia, where 60 percent of Kessang reside; 30 percent reside in South Asia and 30 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Kessang is also the 425,605th most frequently occurring first name on earth, borne by 410 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 6,923,023. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Littoral Region, where 33 percent reside, North Region, where 33 percent reside and Northwest Region, where 33 percent reside. Barring Cameroon this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 30 percent reside and Thailand, where 30 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kessang Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kessang in the Tibetan language | ||
| སྐལ་བཟང་ | kalzang | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Kessang
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