Kereru Surname

1,465,390th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 145 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Kereru Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kereru Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda1101:354,90323,197
New Zealand281:161,72618,041
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Kereru Last Name Facts

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

Kereru (Russian: Кереру) is most common in Uganda. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Kereru click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kereru? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,465,390th most commonly used family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 50,258,937 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 79 percent of Kereru live; 79 percent live in East Africa and 79 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is carried by 110 people, or 1 in 354,903. In Uganda it is most common in: Ibanda District, where 24 percent are found, Kamwenge District, where 21 percent are found and Buhweju District, where 19 percent are found. Beside Uganda this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in New Zealand, where 19 percent are found and Kenya, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kereeru9220/
Kiereru9210/
Kererru921/
Kererou921/
Kererush8612/
Kireru83655/
Kareru83357/
Keraru8331/
Keereerut806/
Korearu7720/
Karereu774/
Kareeru772/
Kaareru771/
Karaeru771/
Karearu771/
Kerharou7126/
Kariru67597/
Kararu67232/
Kiriru6722/
Koraru675/
Karoru674/
Khireerut671/
Kororu671/
Kiraru671/
Koriru671/

Kereru Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kereru in the Russian language
Кереруkereru-

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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 Kereru
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