Kesterson Surname

122,698th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,724 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Transnistria

Kesterson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kesterson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,6581:99,08711,016
Moldova141:254,38322,033
Transnistria111:43,1546,501
Wales81:386,81619,671
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
England61:9,286,343223,652
Ukraine51:9,104,539300,808
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5661:88,7269,178

Kesterson Last Name Facts

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

Kesterson (Russian: Кестерсон) occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kesterson? popularity and diffusion

Kesterson is the 122,698th most widely held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 1,956,914 people. The last name Kesterson occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 98 percent of Kesterson live; 98 percent live in North America and 98 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 3,658 people, or 1 in 99,087. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Tennessee, where 11 percent live, Texas, where 9 percent live and California, where 9 percent live. Barring The United States this surname is found in 19 countries. It is also found in Moldova, where 0 percent live and Transnistria, where 0 percent live.

Kesterson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Kesterson has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kesterson surname increased 646 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 600 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Kesterson Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Kesterson are 18.64% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 65.41% registered with the political party.

The amount Kesterson earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 6.37% less than the national average, earning $40,400 USD per year and in Canada they earn 39.62% less than the national average, earning $30,001 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kessterson951/
Kestersion951/
D'Kesterson901/
Kestersom891/
Kestersen890/
Kisterson890/
Kestersan890/
Cesterson890/
Chesterson84193/
Chestersson8015/

Kesterson Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kesterson in the Russian language
Кестерсонkesterson-

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Kesterson Reference & Research

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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 Kesterson
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