Keto Surname
Approximately 8,034 people bear this surname
Keto Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 3,359 | 1:21,995 | 2,781 |
| Finland | 747 | 1:7,358 | 1,156 |
| Egypt | 641 | 1:143,426 | 11,189 |
| United States | 580 | 1:624,929 | 50,458 |
| South Africa | 501 | 1:108,139 | 13,025 |
| Japan | 407 | 1:314,114 | 11,391 |
| Papua New Guinea | 395 | 1:20,642 | 2,191 |
| Cameroon | 309 | 1:67,214 | 8,484 |
| Tanzania | 297 | 1:178,255 | 15,552 |
| Zimbabwe | 141 | 1:109,491 | 15,099 |
| Solomon Islands | 102 | 1:5,687 | 806 |
| Indonesia | 88 | 1:1,502,832 | 101,066 |
| Benin | 79 | 1:130,830 | 14,100 |
| Congo | 69 | 1:72,306 | 6,384 |
| Sweden | 58 | 1:169,772 | 11,770 |
| Philippines | 49 | 1:2,066,086 | 120,732 |
| Canada | 29 | 1:1,270,538 | 90,455 |
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Denmark | 17 | 1:332,042 | 23,714 |
| Uganda | 15 | 1:2,602,619 | 75,106 |
| Russia | 15 | 1:9,608,204 | 322,587 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| Belgium | 13 | 1:884,357 | 69,774 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Pakistan | 8 | 1:22,330,486 | 77,733 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| South Sudan | 4 | 1:2,853,769 | 1,758 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Keťo (5) are calculated separately.
Keto (6,095) may also be a first name.
Keto Demographics
Keto Political Affiliation
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Keto Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Keto Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Keto (Bengali: কেতু, Georgian: კეთო, Hindi: केतो, Marathi: केतो, Oriya: େକେତା, Russian: Кето) is more commonly found in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Keťo. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Keto? popularity and diffusion
It is the 62,476th most frequently held last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 907,088 people. Keto occurs predominantly in Africa, where 68 percent of Keto are found; 46 percent are found in Central Africa and 46 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 84,801st most commonly occurring first name at a global level, held by 6,095 people.
It is most frequently occurring in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 3,359 people, or 1 in 21,995. Excluding The DR Congo Keto is found in 53 countries. It also occurs in Finland, where 9 percent are found and Egypt, where 8 percent are found.
Keto Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Keto has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Keto surname increased 58,000 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 1,300 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Keto Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Keto are 7.2% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 60.43% registered with the party.
The amount Keto earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 37.83% less than the national average, earning R 147,732 per year; in United States they earn 6.74% more than the national average, earning $46,058 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.74% more than the national average, earning $52,534 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Keto Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Keto in the Georgian language | ||
| კეთო | keto | - |
| Keto in the Bengali language | ||
| কেতু | ketu | - |
| Keto in the Hindi language | ||
| केतो | keto | 94.69 |
| केटो | keto | 2.65 |
| कॆतॊ | keto | 2.65 |
| Keto in the Oriya language | ||
| େକେତା | eketa | 66.67 |
| େକତ | ekata | 33.33 |
| Keto in the Marathi language | ||
| केतो | keto | 50 |
| केटो | keto | 50 |
| Keto in the Russian language | ||
| Кето | keto | - |
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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 Keto
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