Arekai Surname
Approximately 159 people bear this surname
Arekai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 125 | 1:369,439 | 21,332 |
| Papua New Guinea | 33 | 1:247,082 | 33,879 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Arekai Demographics
Arekai Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Arekai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Arekai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Arekai is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Arekai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Arekai is the 1,380,086th most widespread family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 45,833,622 people. Arekai is predominantly found in Africa, where 79 percent of Arekai reside; 79 percent reside in East Africa and 49 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The surname Arekai is most widely held in Kenya, where it is carried by 125 people, or 1 in 369,439. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Baringo County, where 55 percent are found, Nakuru County, where 38 percent are found and Elgeyo Marakwet County, where 3 percent are found. Besides Kenya this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 21 percent are found and Uganda, where 1 percent are found.
Arekai Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Arekai
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