Kerchane Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Kerchane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 18 | 1:227,492 | 10,961 |
| Algeria | 6 | 1:6,438,592 | 53,709 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Kerchane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kerchane Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kerchane (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺮﺷﺎﻥ) is borne by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kerchane? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,957,383rd most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. Kerchane is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kerchane live; 72 percent live in West Africa and 72 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
The surname Kerchane is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 227,492. In Mauritania Kerchane is mostly found in: Assaba Region, where 56 percent are found, Hodh Chargui Region, where 33 percent are found and Guidimagha Region, where 6 percent are found. Apart from Mauritania this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 24 percent are found and Uganda, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kerchane Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kerchane in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺮﺷﺎﻥ | krshan | - |
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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 Kerchane
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