Kerego Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Kerego Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kerego Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania81:6,617,70268,742
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827

Kerego Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kerego Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Kerego has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Kerego click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kerego? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,587,209th most commonly occurring family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 67 percent of Kerego live; 67 percent live in East Africa and 67 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Kerego is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 6,617,702. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Lindi Region, where 50 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 13 percent reside and Kilimanjaro Region, where 13 percent reside. Aside from Tanzania it is found in one country. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 33 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kerega83115/
Kirego8375/
Kerigo8318/
Karego8317/
Kerago8312/
Kerogo8311/
Cerego8310/
Korego833/
Cherego7733/
Keregha7727/
Cereigo772/
Kireego772/
Kareego771/
Karhego771/
Kereiga771/
Kierogo771/
Kiregoy770/
Cheregho711/
Korogo679,102/
Karega675,733/
Kirigo672,186/
Karigo671,212/
Karogo67790/
Karago67646/
Kirogo67364/
Kirago67333/
Kirega67251/
Cerega67208/
Keriga67195/
Cerigo67145/
Keraga6797/
Korago6793/
Korega6740/
Korigo6724/
Carego679/
Cirego674/
Keroga672/
Corego671/
Korygo671/

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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 Kerego
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