Kereka Surname
Approximately 293 people bear this surname
Kereka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 240 | 1:33,974 | 3,987 |
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Solomon Islands | 14 | 1:41,431 | 8,080 |
| Kosovo | 9 | 1:206,874 | 7,430 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Kereka (202) may also be a first name.
Kereka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kereka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kereka (Marathi: कॅरेका, Oriya: େକେରକା) occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kereka? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 908,336th most frequently held family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 24,872,170 people. The last name Kereka occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 87 percent of Kereka are found; 87 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 82 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Kereka is also the 637,340th most common first name globally, held by 202 people.
This last name is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 240 people, or 1 in 33,974. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Chimbu, where 48 percent are found, Eastern Highlands, where 15 percent are found and Western Highlands, where 12 percent are found. Not including Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 5 percent are found and The Solomon Islands, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kereka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kereka in the Oriya language | ||
| େକେରକା | ekeraka | - |
| Kereka in the Marathi language | ||
| कॅरेका | kereka | - |
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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 Kereka
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