Kerau Surname
Approximately 133 people bear this surname
Kerau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 36 | 1:226,492 | 31,172 |
| Kenya | 35 | 1:1,319,426 | 35,360 |
| Indonesia | 29 | 1:4,560,317 | 223,141 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Kerau (60) may also be a first name.
Kerau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kerau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kerau (Hindi: केरऊ, Marathi: करू) is found most in Papua New Guinea. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kerau? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,551,568th most frequently held surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 54,793,578 people. Kerau is mostly found in Africa, where 35 percent of Kerau are found; 32 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 32 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Kerau is also the 1,270,172nd most frequently held first name at a global level. It is borne by 60 people.
This last name is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 36 people, or 1 in 226,492. In Papua New Guinea Kerau is most common in: Milne Bay, where 39 percent are found, Bougainville, where 25 percent are found and Northern, where 17 percent are found. Excluding Papua New Guinea Kerau occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 26 percent are found and Indonesia, where 22 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kerau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kerau in the Marathi language | ||
| करू | karu | - |
| Kerau in the Hindi language | ||
| केरऊ | kera'u | 75 |
| केराऊ | kera'u | 25 |
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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 Kerau
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