Kerchan Surname
Approximately 147 people bear this surname
Kerchan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 134 | 1:291,338 | 20,450 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Kerchan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kerchan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kerchan (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺮﺷﺎﻥ, Russian: Керчан) has its highest incidence in Uganda. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kerchan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,453,389th most widespread last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 49,575,142 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kerchan live; 91 percent live in East Africa and 64 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The last name is most frequent in Uganda, where it is held by 134 people, or 1 in 291,338. In Uganda Kerchan is most prevalent in: Nebbi District, where 51 percent reside, Zombo District, where 17 percent reside and Kampala District, where 14 percent reside. Outside of Uganda it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 5 percent reside and Mauritania, where 1 percent reside.
Kerchan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Kerchan has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname declined 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kerchan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kerchan in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺮﺷﺎﻥ | krshan | - |
| Kerchan in the Russian language | ||
| Керчан | kercan | - |
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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 Kerchan
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