Kekere Surname
Approximately 5,904 people bear this surname
Kekere Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 5,438 | 1:32,575 | 2,710 |
| Benin | 344 | 1:30,045 | 3,966 |
| Ivory Coast | 39 | 1:591,570 | 17,665 |
| Papua New Guinea | 29 | 1:281,163 | 38,188 |
| Latvia | 20 | 1:102,502 | 14,510 |
| Solomon Islands | 12 | 1:48,336 | 9,616 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
The alternate forms: Ķeķere (1) are calculated separately.
Kekere (1,035) may also be a first name.
Kekere Demographics
Kekere Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Kekere Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kekere Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kekere (Marathi: केकेरे, Oriya: େକେକେର, Russian: Кекере) is found most in Nigeria. It may also occur in the variant forms: Ķeķere. For other potential spellings of Kekere click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kekere? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 82,130th most frequently occurring surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 1,234,340 people. Kekere occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kekere live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kekere is also the 249,291st most frequently used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 1,035 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 5,438 people, or 1 in 32,575. In Nigeria Kekere is mostly found in: Kogi, where 42 percent reside, Ondo, where 29 percent reside and Edo, where 5 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this surname is found in 17 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 6 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent reside.
Kekere Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Christian (51%) in Nigeria.
Kekere earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 9.94% more than the national average, earning $47,438 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kekere Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kekere in the Oriya language | ||
| େକେକେର | ekekera | - |
| Kekere in the Marathi language | ||
| केकेरे | kekere | 50 |
| केकरे | kekare | 50 |
| Kekere in the Russian language | ||
| Кекере | kekere | - |
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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 Kekere
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