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) occurs most in Turkey. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Kestan.
How Common Is The Last Name Kestan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kestan is the 956,400th most prevalent last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 26,694,307 people. The surname Kestan occurs mostly in Asia, where 74 percent of Kestan live; 66 percent live in West Asia and 66 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 1,201,840th most widespread first name in the world, borne by 66 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Turkey, where it is held by 219 people, or 1 in 355,349. In Turkey it is most numerous in: Van Province, where 33 percent are found, Istanbul Province, where 27 percent are found and Adana Province, where 12 percent are found. Outside of Turkey this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also common in India, where 7 percent are found and Russia, where 5 percent are found.
Kestan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Kestan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kestan last name rose 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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