Kerecha Surname
Approximately 157 people bear this surname
Kerecha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 154 | 1:299,869 | 19,047 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Kerecha Demographics
Kerecha Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kerecha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kerecha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kerecha (Russian: Кереча) is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kerecha? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,391,595th most widely held last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 46,417,490 people. The last name Kerecha occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kerecha are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 66 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The last name is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is borne by 154 people, or 1 in 299,869. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Kisii County, where 66 percent are found, Nyamira County, where 32 percent are found and Kericho County, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account Kenya this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Georgia, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Kerecha Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Kerecha last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kerecha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kerecha in the Russian language | ||
| Кереча | kereca | - |
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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 Kerecha
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