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 held by more people in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Keressa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 7,593,402nd most commonly occurring surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Keressa live; 67 percent live in East Africa and 67 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Keressa is also the 1,590,275th most commonly held first name in the world, held by 41 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 24,386,566. Apart from Ethiopia it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 17 percent are found and Cameroon, where 17 percent are found.
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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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