Kecha Surname
Approximately 1,223 people bear this surname
Kecha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 409 | 1:84,294 | 14,399 |
| Cameroon | 320 | 1:64,903 | 8,239 |
| Kenya | 191 | 1:241,780 | 16,739 |
| Ukraine | 125 | 1:364,182 | 44,868 |
| Algeria | 54 | 1:715,399 | 40,623 |
| Uganda | 44 | 1:887,256 | 40,445 |
| Mexico | 14 | 1:8,866,158 | 37,743 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1:3,054,091 | 90,853 |
| Solomon Islands | 3 | 1:193,343 | 19,495 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Kecha (7,055) may also be a first name.
Kecha Demographics
Kecha Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kecha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kecha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kecha (Hindi: केछा, Marathi: केचा, Oriya: େକଚା, Russian: Кеча) is carried by more people in Morocco than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kecha? popularity and diffusion
It is the 308,515th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 5,958,746 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Kecha are found; 38 percent are found in North Africa and 38 percent are found in Mahgreb. Kecha is also the 77,166th most commonly held first name world-wide. It is borne by 7,055 people.
The surname Kecha is most commonly used in Morocco, where it is held by 409 people, or 1 in 84,294. Besides Morocco Kecha exists in 25 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 26 percent reside and Kenya, where 16 percent reside.
Kecha Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Kecha has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kecha surname declined 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kecha Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya and Orthodox (40%) in Ukraine.
Kecha earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 87.65% less than the national average, earning R 29,340 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kecha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kecha in the Marathi language | ||
| केचा | keca | - |
| Kecha in the Oriya language | ||
| େକଚା | ekaca | 75.36 |
| େକଚ | ekaca | 16.67 |
| େଭାଇ | ebha'i | 2.9 |
| Kecha in the Hindi language | ||
| केछा | kecha | 75 |
| केचा | keca | 25 |
| Kecha in the Russian language | ||
| Кеча | keca | - |
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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 Kecha
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