Kekau Surname
Approximately 67 people bear this surname
Kekau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 46 | 1:177,255 | 24,620 |
| Solomon Islands | 20 | 1:29,001 | 5,821 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Kekau (27) may also be a first name.
Kekau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kekau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kekau is found most in Papua New Guinea. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kekau? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,333,370th most frequently used surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 108,769,342 people. The last name Kekau occurs mostly in Oceania, where 99 percent of Kekau are found; 99 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 69 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Kekau is also the 2,036,353rd most commonly used first name globally, borne by 27 people.
The last name is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 46 people, or 1 in 177,255. In Papua New Guinea Kekau is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Highlands, where 74 percent live, Madang, where 13 percent live and Western, where 11 percent live. Aside from Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The Solomon Islands, where 30 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.
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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 Kekau
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