Kekeo Surname

1,849,867th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 100 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Kekeo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kekeo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea871:93,72112,528
Solomon Islands111:52,73010,588
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kekeo (22) may also be a first name.

Kekeo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kekeo Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Kekeo is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kekeo? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,849,867th most frequently held last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 72,875,459 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 98 percent of Kekeo reside; 98 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 87 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,301,746th most widely held first name in the world. It is borne by 22 people.

The surname is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 87 people, or 1 in 93,721. In Papua New Guinea Kekeo is mostly concentrated in: Enga, where 61 percent reside, Northern, where 16 percent reside and Eastern Highlands, where 11 percent reside. Aside from Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The Solomon Islands, where 11 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kekeao9169/
Kekeou9117/
Kedkeo911/
Kekeoh911/
Kekeho911/
Kekeiyo8318/
Ketkeao832/
Kekeoch831/
Khekkeo831/
Kakeo8089/
Kokeo8034/
Kekio8017/
Kekeha7352/
Khakeo7320/
Kaykeo7317/
Kekijo735/
Kekhea731/
Kakeoy731/
Kaikeo731/
Kakeeo731/
Kekios731/
Keukio731/
Keikyo731/
Khaykeo678/
Khakieo671/
Khaikeo671/
Gkekios671/
Keskeha671/
Kekeiya671/

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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 Kekeo
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