Jesang

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Jesang is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Kenya than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • KEKenya≈1 in 7.7K(inferred from the name graph)
  • INIndia≈1 in 40M

carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Kenya (inferred from the name graph)

≈7,000 people, est.

Sources
17 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 7.7K (inferred from the name graph)

Kenya, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Jesang 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 Jesang is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
KE Kenya#499≈7,000 est.≈1 in 7.7KJesang17
IN India—≈33 est.≈1 in 40MJesang7

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.

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)

Jesang is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Korean given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in South Korea

    Also written 제상, Je-Sang

16 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.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Jesang under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Jesang have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 7.0 thousand people named Jesang in Kenya, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled jesang.
How common is the name Jesang?
Mondonomo estimates about 7,000 people in Kenya have Jesang as their first surname, about 1 in 7.7 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.
How common is Jesang compared with other names?
In Kenya, Jesang is the 499th most common surname of 179,147 surnames recorded there.

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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.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Jesang” — the 499th most common surname in Kenya. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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