Kech

loc · Latin script

Meaning: Personenmerkmal: zu mhd

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Kech is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Morocco than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • MAMorocco≈1 in 1.6K(inferred from the name graph)
  • BEBelgium1 in 102K
  • AEUnited Arab Emirates≈1 in 221K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Morocco (inferred from the name graph)

≈23,000 people, est.

Sources
112 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 1.6K (inferred from the name graph)

Morocco, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

Locally spelled Kéch in FR France.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in German

Personenmerkmal: zu mhd. keck/kec 'kühn, mutig, frech'; Bearer count 129.

Sources 1

  • Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen

Where in the world(measured from records)

Kech counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Kech is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
MA Morocco≈23,000 est.≈1 in 1.6K—Kech18
DE Germany≈350 est.≈1 in 231Klisted——
FR France≈290 est.≈1 in 236K30Kéch112
BE Belgium1151 in 102K115—11
US United States≈110 est.≈1 in 3Mlisted—7
AE United Arab Emirates≈45 est.≈1 in 221K—Kech2

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); the dfa-band-5 register; the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Kech is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname56 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Morocco

    Also written Keçh, Kèçh, Kéch, Ķĕčh, Ķéçh

  • Indonesian surname15 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Morocco

    Also written Kéch, Kêçh, Ķĕćh, Këch, Ķéçh

  • a separate name6 spellings in the group

    Also written ከጭ, Kēch, Kéch, Kèch, Kêch

  • Spanish name14 spellings in the group

    Also written Kéch, Ķeçh, Këċh, Kèch, Ķĕćh

  • Urdu name8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Pakistan

    Also written Kêch, Ķêčh, Këčh, Kéch, Kéčh

  • Thai surname64 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Thailand, United States, India, Malaysia

    Languages: Thai, Lao

    Also written Khet, เขตร, หลักเขต, เคจิ, เขตร์

  • Russian surname10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Türkiye, Ukraine, Belarus

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

    Also written Кёч, Кэч, Кеч, Кечь, Kếch

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Ķèçh, Kéch

33 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Kech is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In German, Übername zu mhd. kec/quec/quick 'lebendig, lebhaft'; Bearer count: 129.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen

  • In Dutch, whore (usually as a term of abuse for a woman)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 11 sources across 8 countries.

Official registers attesting Kech
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BE BelgiumFamilienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register)2008115#13,873
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)195140—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)192137—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)196132—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199130—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)198129—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)193128—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)189125—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)194120—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)190117—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)197115—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)191112—

Reference works 3

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Kech mean?
Recorded meaning: Personenmerkmal: zu mhd.
In which country does Kech have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 23 thousand people named Kech in Morocco, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kech.
How common is the name Kech?
In Belgium, the national register counted 115 people named Kech in 2008, about 1 in 102 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kech”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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