Kekala Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Kekala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Kekala (53) may also be a first name.
Kekala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kekala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kekala (Hindi: केकला, Marathi: केकला, Oriya: େକକଲା) is carried by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kekala.
How Common Is The Last Name Kekala? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,649,889th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 56 percent of Kekala reside; 44 percent reside in Southern Africa and 44 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Kekala is also the 1,366,219th most widespread forename worldwide, held by 53 people.
The surname is most frequent in India, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 95,883,173. In India Kekala is most numerous in: Tamil Nadu, where 75 percent live, Andhra Pradesh, where 13 percent live and Maharashtra, where 13 percent live. Without taking into account India this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 39 percent live and Cameroon, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kekala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kekala in the Hindi language | ||
| केकला | kekala | - |
| Kekala in the Oriya language | ||
| େକକଲା | ekakala | - |
| Kekala in the Marathi language | ||
| केकला | kekala | - |
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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 Kekala
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