Kerala Surname
Approximately 1,871 people bear this surname
Kerala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 731 | 1:1,049,337 | 43,707 |
| Saudi Arabia | 557 | 1:55,396 | 7,891 |
| United Arab Emirates | 340 | 1:26,948 | 3,000 |
| Kuwait | 135 | 1:28,153 | 3,584 |
| Qatar | 34 | 1:69,353 | 6,725 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| Yemen | 7 | 1:3,775,042 | 17,439 |
| Oman | 7 | 1:526,853 | 5,771 |
| Turkey | 5 | 1:15,564,284 | 149,633 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| North Macedonia | 5 | 1:420,294 | 19,032 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
Kerala (372) may also be a first name.
Kerala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kerala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kerala (Hindi: केरला, Marathi: केरला, Oriya: େକରଳା, Russian: Керала, Tibetan: ཀེ་ར་ལ།) is more frequently found in India than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Kerala.
How Common Is The Last Name Kerala? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 218,820th most frequently held surname on earth, held by around 1 in 3,895,000 people. The surname Kerala is primarily found in Asia, where 98 percent of Kerala reside; 58 percent reside in West Asia and 58 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 450,135th most frequently held first name world-wide, held by 372 people.
This last name is most commonly held in India, where it is held by 731 people, or 1 in 1,049,337. In India it is most frequent in: Kerala, where 44 percent reside, Andhra Pradesh, where 11 percent reside and Maharashtra, where 8 percent reside. Other than India this last name exists in 38 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 30 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 18 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kerala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kerala in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཀེ་ར་ལ། | kérala | - |
| Kerala in the Oriya language | ||
| େକରଳା | ekarala | - |
| Kerala in the Marathi language | ||
| केरला | kerala | 85.15 |
| केरळा | kerala | 13.86 |
| कॅरला | kerala | 0.99 |
| Kerala in the Hindi language | ||
| केरला | kerala | 80 |
| केराला | kerala | 20 |
| Kerala in the Russian language | ||
| Керала | kerala | - |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Kerala
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis