Kereya Surname
Approximately 282 people bear this surname
Kereya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 205 | 1:225,268 | 15,863 |
| Cameroon | 29 | 1:716,175 | 51,453 |
| Ethiopia | 25 | 1:3,901,850 | 10,182 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Kereya (120) may also be a first name.
Kereya Demographics
Kereya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kereya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kereya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kereya (Oriya: େକେରୟା, Russian: Керея) is most common in Kenya. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kereya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kereya is the 933,049th most common last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 25,842,361 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Kereya reside; 85 percent reside in East Africa and 72 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 852,104th most frequent forename on earth, borne by 120 people.
This surname is most common in Kenya, where it is held by 205 people, or 1 in 225,268. In Kenya Kereya is most frequent in: Kajiado County, where 97 percent are found, Narok County, where 2 percent are found and Baringo County, where 0 percent are found. Apart from Kenya this last name is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 10 percent are found and Ethiopia, where 9 percent are found.
Kereya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Kereya last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kereya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kereya in the Oriya language | ||
| େକେରୟା | ekeraya | - |
| Kereya in the Russian language | ||
| Керея | kerea | - |
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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 Kereya
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