Hekere Surname
Approximately 71 people bear this surname
Hekere Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 58 | 1:140,581 | 19,337 |
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Hekere Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hekere Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hekere occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Hekere? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,255,512th most commonly used surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 102,641,492 people. It is mostly found in Oceania, where 82 percent of Hekere reside; 82 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 82 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
It is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 58 people, or 1 in 140,581. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: Eastern Highlands, where 74 percent are found, Gulf, where 10 percent are found and National Capital District, where 5 percent are found. Barring Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 15 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Hekere
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