Kerapa Surname

1,994,173rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 88 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
New Zealand
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Kerapa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kerapa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
New Zealand451:100,62913,472
India221:34,866,608408,224
Indonesia81:16,531,149488,268
Papua New Guinea81:1,019,215101,897
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kerapa (65) may also be a first name.

Kerapa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kerapa (Hindi: केरापा, Marathi: केरापा, Oriya: େକରପା) occurs in New Zealand more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kerapa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,994,173rd most commonly held last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 82,813,022 people. This surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 65 percent of Kerapa are found; 56 percent are found in Australasia and 56 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand. Kerapa is also the 1,212,820th most widely held first name world-wide It is held by 65 people.

This last name is most widely held in New Zealand, where it is carried by 45 people, or 1 in 100,629. In New Zealand it is mostly found in: Waikato Region, where 87 percent live, Bay of Plenty Region, where 11 percent live and Canterbury Region, where 2 percent live. Not including New Zealand Kerapa occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in India, where 25 percent live and Indonesia, where 9 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kerapa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kerapa in the Oriya language
େକରପାekarapa-
Kerapa in the Marathi language
केरापाkerapa93.62
केराkera3.19
Kerapa in the Hindi language
केरापाkerapa87.5
केरपाkerapa12.5

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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 Kerapa
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