Kethy Surname
Approximately 335 people bear this surname
Kethy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 301 | 1:245,447 | 23,516 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Kethy (1,584) may also be a first name.
Kethy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kethy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kethy (Bengali: কেথী, Hindi: केथ्या) is found most frequently in The DR Congo. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Kethy.
How Common Is The Last Name Kethy? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 827,165th most frequently held surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 21,753,868 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Kethy are found; 90 percent are found in Central Africa and 90 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 194,304th most commonly used first name globally, borne by 1,584 people.
The last name is most frequently held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 301 people, or 1 in 245,447. Outside of The DR Congo this last name exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent live and India, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kethy Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kethy in the Bengali language | ||
| কেথী | kethi | - |
| Kethy in the Hindi language | ||
| केथ्या | kethya | - |
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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 Kethy
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