Kešelj Surname
Approximately 825 people bear this surname
Kešelj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 567 | 1:6,237 | 1,276 |
| Serbia | 218 | 1:32,775 | 3,466 |
| Slovenia | 20 | 1:124,384 | 12,684 |
| Croatia | 11 | 1:384,419 | 33,360 |
| North Macedonia | 4 | 1:525,368 | 20,918 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Montenegro | 2 | 1:319,782 | 7,691 |
The alternate forms: Keselj (42) are calculated separately.
Kešelj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kešelj Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kešelj is more commonly found in Bosnia and Herzegovina than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Keselj. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kešelj? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 420,458th most commonly occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,833,389 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Kešelj reside; 100 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.
The surname Kešelj is most widely held in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where it is held by 567 people, or 1 in 6,237. In Bosnia and Herzegovina Kešelj is mostly concentrated in: Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 59 percent are found and Republika Srpska, where 41 percent are found. Aside from Bosnia and Herzegovina Kešelj occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Serbia, where 26 percent are found and Slovenia, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keselj | 94 | 42 | / |
| Kecelj | 83 | 63 | / |
| Kešely | 83 | 18 | / |
| Kezelj | 83 | 12 | / |
| Košelj | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kašelj | 83 | 1 | / |
| Khelj | 73 | 6 | / |
| Keilj | 73 | 3 | / |
| Kaselj | 67 | 323 | / |
| Koselj | 67 | 270 | / |
| Keseli | 67 | 200 | / |
| Keceli | 67 | 195 | / |
| Keselá | 67 | 110 | / |
| Keselý | 67 | 109 | / |
| Kesely | 67 | 79 | / |
| Kesela | 67 | 71 | / |
| Kesele | 67 | 59 | / |
| Košele | 67 | 36 | / |
| Kiselj | 67 | 20 | / |
| Kecely | 67 | 12 | / |
| Košely | 67 | 9 | / |
| Kišela | 67 | 4 | / |
| Cecelj | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kheldj | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kecela | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kecele | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Kešelj
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