Kericha Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Morocco

Kericha Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kericha Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Kericha (11) may also be a first name.

Kericha Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kericha Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Kericha is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kericha? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,193,072nd most widely held family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 80 percent of Kericha are found; 40 percent are found in North Africa and 40 percent are found in Mahgreb. It is also the 3,487,849th most common first name at a global level, held by 11 people.

The last name Kericha is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria Kericha is most common in: Lagos, where 100 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 20 percent are found and Morocco, where 20 percent are found.

Kericha Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Kericha has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Kericha surname contracted 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Kericha
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