Kerela Surname
Approximately 85 people bear this surname
Kerela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 42 | 1:436,955 | 6,467 |
| India | 23 | 1:33,350,669 | 396,143 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Kosovo | 2 | 1:930,934 | 12,188 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kerela (134) may also be a first name.
Kerela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kerela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kerela (Arabic: كرلا, Marathi: केरेला) is found most in Burkina Faso. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kerela? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,034,059th most frequent family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 85,735,834 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 55 percent of Kerela reside; 51 percent reside in West Africa and 40 percent reside in Mande Africa. Kerela is also the 800,975th most widely held first name world-wide, borne by 134 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 42 people, or 1 in 436,955. In Burkina Faso Kerela is most numerous in: Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 43 percent are found, Hauts-Bassins Region, where 38 percent are found and Centre Region, where 12 percent are found. Beside Burkina Faso this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in India, where 27 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kerela Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kerela in the Marathi language | ||
| केरेला | kerela | - |
| Kerela in the Arabic language | ||
| كرلا | krla | - |
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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 Kerela
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