Kesting Surname
Approximately 2,683 people bear this surname
Kesting Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,775 | 1:45,355 | 5,952 |
| United States | 471 | 1:769,552 | 59,828 |
| Netherlands | 251 | 1:67,280 | 11,478 |
| South Africa | 50 | 1:1,083,554 | 64,652 |
| Australia | 46 | 1:586,863 | 42,409 |
| Denmark | 36 | 1:156,798 | 13,614 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| Argentina | 10 | 1:4,274,341 | 152,056 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 9 | 1:415,913 | 11,811 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 63 | 1:797,122 | 49,780 |
Kesting (27) may also be a first name.
Kesting Demographics
Average Kesting Salary in
United States
$48,501 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kesting Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kesting Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kesting (Russian: Кестинг) is found most in Germany. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kesting? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 162,176th most widely held family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 2,716,193 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 78 percent of Kesting are found; 76 percent are found in Western Europe and 76 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,036,353rd most frequently used first name world-wide It is held by 27 people.
Kesting is most prevalent in Germany, where it is held by 1,775 people, or 1 in 45,355. In Germany Kesting is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 50 percent live, Hesse, where 20 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account Germany this last name is found in 22 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 18 percent live and The Netherlands, where 9 percent live.
Kesting Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Kesting has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kesting last name rose 748 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it decreased 78 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kesting Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Kesting last name are 8.69% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 55.46% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Kesting earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 4.1% less than the national average, earning R 227,904 per year and in United States they earn 12.4% more than the national average, earning $48,501 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kiesting | 93 | 2 | / |
| Kaesting | 93 | 1 | / |
| Koesting | 93 | 0 | / |
| Keasting | 93 | 0 | / |
| Kestng | 92 | 1 | / |
| Kisting | 86 | 1,648 | / |
| Kasting | 86 | 605 | / |
| Kästing | 86 | 72 | / |
| Kosting | 86 | 3 | / |
| Kösting | 86 | 2 | / |
| Chesting | 80 | 4 | / |
| Kissting | 80 | 0 | / |
| Casting | 71 | 208 | / |
| Costing | 71 | 36 | / |
| Kasteng | 71 | 4 | / |
| Kostink | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kisteng | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kezteng | 71 | 1 | / |
| Castting | 67 | 0 | / |
| Kostenc | 57 | 12 | / |
| Casteng | 57 | 2 | / |
| Chistink | 53 | 1 | / |
Kesting Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kesting in the Russian language | ||
| Кестинг | kesting | - |
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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
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- 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 Kesting
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