Keressa Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Keressa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Keressa (41) may also be a first name.
Keressa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Keressa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Keressa is found in Ethiopia more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Keressa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 7,593,402nd most commonly used surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Keressa reside; 67 percent reside in East Africa and 67 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 1,590,275th most commonly held first name in the world, borne by 41 people.
This surname is most frequent in Ethiopia, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 24,386,566. Beside Ethiopia it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 17 percent live and Cameroon, where 17 percent live.
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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 Keressa
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