Kerev Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Kerev Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 23 | 1:303,431 | 15,323 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
Kerev Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kerev Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kerev (Russian: Керьев) is most common in Bulgaria. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kerev? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kerev is the 3,485,539th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. The last name Kerev is mostly found in Europe, where 81 percent of Kerev reside; 72 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 72 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.
The surname is most widely held in Bulgaria, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 303,431. In Bulgaria Kerev is most frequent in: Plovdiv Province, where 43 percent live, Dobrich Province, where 17 percent live and Targovishte Province, where 17 percent live. Outside of Bulgaria this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 9 percent live and Russia, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kerev Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kerev in the Russian language | ||
| Керьев | kerev | - |
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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 Kerev
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