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 surname Kecha (Hindi: केछा, Marathi: केचा, Oriya: େକଚା, Russian: Кеча) occurs in Morocco more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kecha? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 308,515th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 5,958,746 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Kecha live; 38 percent live in North Africa and 38 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 77,166th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 7,055 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Morocco, where it is borne by 409 people, or 1 in 84,294. Aside from Morocco it exists in 25 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 26 percent are found and Kenya, where 16 percent are found.
Kecha Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Kecha has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Kecha surname declined 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kecha Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is chiefly 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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