Kested Surname

2,909,720th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 45 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Kested Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kested Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States441:8,237,703362,142
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States491:1,024,87160,160

Kested Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kested Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Kested is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Kested click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kested? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,909,720th most frequently held last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. The surname Kested occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Kested reside; 100 percent reside in North America and 98 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 44 people, or 1 in 8,237,703. In The United States Kested is mostly found in: New York, where 32 percent reside, Colorado, where 27 percent reside and Texas, where 20 percent reside. Other than The United States Kested exists in one country. It is also found in Mexico, where 2 percent reside.

Kested Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Kested has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kested last name decreased 10 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Kested Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Kested surname are 21.65% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 68.42% registered to vote for the party.

Kested earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 2.24% less than the national average, earning $42,183 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Keested925/
Keasted921/
Kesteds920/
Kiested920/
Keisted920/
Keastead8626/
Åkestedt863/
Keustedt860/
Keestead860/
Kosted8355/
Kestid830/
Kasted830/
Kågestedt8010/
Quested77724/
Kostedt7798/
Kasthed7710/
Kastead775/
Kaisted774/
Kaysted771/
Kidstedt714/
Kasstead710/
Chestead710/
Kostet67399/
Kastet67187/
Casted6713/
Costed670/
Kostädt624/
Chestet623/
Kasttet621/
Keztite621/
Kastidt620/
Cajstedt577/
Quistead570/
Castet501,788/
Costet50979/
Kastit5071/
Kostit5028/
Keztit501/

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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 Kested
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