Kerea Surname
Approximately 325 people bear this surname
Kerea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 125 | 1:369,439 | 21,332 |
| Papua New Guinea | 78 | 1:104,535 | 14,121 |
| Solomon Islands | 62 | 1:9,355 | 1,591 |
| Niger | 26 | 1:738,154 | 17,467 |
| Uganda | 17 | 1:2,296,428 | 70,019 |
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Kerea (137) may also be a first name.
Kerea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kerea Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kerea is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kerea? popularity and diffusion
Kerea is the 844,382nd most commonly held last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 22,423,218 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 56 percent of Kerea are found; 45 percent are found in East Africa and 43 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 790,880th most common first name in the world, borne by 137 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is held by 125 people, or 1 in 369,439. In Kenya Kerea is most frequent in: Kajiado County, where 98 percent live, Narok County, where 1 percent live and Nyeri County, where 1 percent live. Beside Kenya this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 24 percent live and The Solomon Islands, where 19 percent live.
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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 Kerea
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