Kerewa Surname
Approximately 247 people bear this surname
Kerewa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 160 | 1:50,961 | 6,394 |
| Kenya | 56 | 1:824,641 | 32,113 |
| Indonesia | 17 | 1:7,779,364 | 314,803 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Kerewa (114) may also be a first name.
Kerewa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kerewa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kerewa occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Kerewa.
How Common Is The Last Name Kerewa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,022,958th most numerous surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 29,504,234 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 72 percent of Kerewa are found; 72 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 72 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 877,214th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 114 people.
The surname Kerewa is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 160 people, or 1 in 50,961. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: Western Highlands, where 68 percent live, Jiwaka, where 17 percent live and Chimbu, where 4 percent live. Not including Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 23 percent live and Indonesia, where 7 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
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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 Kerewa
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