Kestan Surname
Approximately 273 people bear this surname
Kestan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 219 | 1:355,349 | 22,304 |
| India | 18 | 1:42,614,743 | 461,117 |
| Russia | 13 | 1:11,086,389 | 347,183 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Ukraine | 4 | 1:11,380,674 | 331,818 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Kestan (66) may also be a first name.
Kestan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kestan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kestan (Marathi: टन, Russian: Кестан) is found in Turkey more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Kestan.
How Common Is The Last Name Kestan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kestan is the 956,400th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 26,694,307 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 74 percent of Kestan live; 66 percent live in West Asia and 66 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. Kestan is also the 1,201,840th most widespread first name on earth, held by 66 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Turkey, where it is carried by 219 people, or 1 in 355,349. In Turkey Kestan is primarily found in: Van Province, where 33 percent reside, Istanbul Province, where 27 percent reside and Adana Province, where 12 percent reside. Outside of Turkey it is found in 10 countries. It is also found in India, where 7 percent reside and Russia, where 5 percent reside.
Kestan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Kestan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kestan surname expanded 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kestan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kestan in the Marathi language | ||
| टन | tana | - |
| Kestan in the Russian language | ||
| Кестан | kestan | - |
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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 Kestan
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