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 found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Kerea.
How Common Is The Last Name Kerea? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 844,382nd most widespread surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 22,423,218 people. The surname Kerea is predominantly found in Africa, where 56 percent of Kerea live; 45 percent live in East Africa and 43 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 790,880th most commonly held first name globally It is held by 137 people.
The surname Kerea is most widespread 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. Outside of Kenya this last name occurs 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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