Kerai Surname
Approximately 20,524 people bear this surname
Kerai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 17,369 | 1:44,163 | 3,082 |
| England | 1,943 | 1:28,676 | 3,872 |
| Algeria | 336 | 1:114,975 | 16,442 |
| Papua New Guinea | 262 | 1:31,121 | 3,577 |
| Pakistan | 93 | 1:1,920,902 | 18,821 |
| Wales | 89 | 1:34,770 | 3,467 |
| Australia | 81 | 1:333,280 | 28,364 |
| United States | 78 | 1:4,646,909 | 242,363 |
| Malaysia | 50 | 1:589,884 | 28,692 |
| Belgium | 38 | 1:302,543 | 35,124 |
| Seychelles | 35 | 1:2,640 | 506 |
| Indonesia | 26 | 1:5,086,507 | 239,866 |
| Kenya | 20 | 1:2,308,995 | 36,653 |
| Argentina | 18 | 1:2,374,634 | 110,716 |
| Sweden | 16 | 1:615,422 | 45,338 |
| Uganda | 12 | 1:3,253,273 | 85,117 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| Canada | 10 | 1:3,684,559 | 191,443 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
The alternate forms: Kérai (5) & Keraï (2) are calculated separately.
Kerai (885) may also be a first name.
Kerai Demographics
Average Kerai Salary in
United States
$49,821 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kerai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kerai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kerai (Hindi: केराई, Marathi: केराई, Oriya: େକରାଇ) is found most in India. It may also occur as a variant: Kérai or Keraï. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kerai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kerai is the 26,213th most frequent family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 355,074 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 86 percent of Kerai are found; 85 percent are found in South Asia and 85 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 273,274th most widely held first name internationally, borne by 885 people.
The surname Kerai is most widely held in India, where it is held by 17,369 people, or 1 in 44,163. In India Kerai is most numerous in: Jharkhand, where 63 percent live, Gujarat, where 27 percent live and Odisha, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account India this surname occurs in 36 countries. It is also common in England, where 9 percent live and Algeria, where 2 percent live.
Kerai Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Kerai last name are 39.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 86.67% registered with the political party.
The amount Kerai earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 80.98% less than the national average, earning R 45,204 per year and in United States they earn 15.46% more than the national average, earning $49,821 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kerai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kerai in the Oriya language | ||
| େକରାଇ | ekara'i | 95.06 |
| ରବି | rabi | 0.55 |
| ରାଇ | ra'i | 0.11 |
| କାଏରୀ | ka'eri | 0.11 |
| ରଶି | rasi | 0.11 |
| କିରାଇ | kira'i | 0.11 |
| େରତ | erata | 0.11 |
| Kerai in the Marathi language | ||
| केराई | kera'i | 93.81 |
| केरई | kera'i | 6.19 |
| Kerai in the Hindi language | ||
| केराई | kera'i | 72.73 |
| केरई | kera'i | 20.45 |
| केराइ | kera'i | 4.55 |
| केरइ | kera'i | 2.27 |
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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 Kerai
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