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
Kerau (Hindi: केरऊ, Marathi: करू) is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kerau? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,551,568th most frequently held last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 54,793,578 people. The last name Kerau occurs mostly in Africa, where 35 percent of Kerau live; 32 percent live in Oceania Islands and 32 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Kerau is also the 1,270,172nd most frequently used first name on earth. It is borne by 60 people.
The last name is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 36 people, or 1 in 226,492. In Papua New Guinea Kerau is primarily found in: Milne Bay, where 39 percent live, Bougainville, where 25 percent live and Northern, where 17 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 26 percent live and Indonesia, where 22 percent live.
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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