Keriya Surname
Approximately 7,696 people bear this surname
Keriya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 5,634 | 1:17,314 | 2,331 |
| India | 2,016 | 1:380,489 | 20,346 |
| Zimbabwe | 26 | 1:593,778 | 45,605 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Keriya (688) may also be a first name.
Keriya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Keriya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Keriya (Bengali: কেরিয়া, Hindi: केरिया, Marathi: केरीया, Oriya: େକରିୟା, Russian: Керия) has its highest incidence in Ethiopia. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Keriya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 64,939th most frequent surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 946,926 people. Keriya is mostly found in Africa, where 74 percent of Keriya live; 73 percent live in East Africa and 73 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 315,345th most commonly held given name at a global level, held by 688 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 5,634 people, or 1 in 17,314. Excluding Ethiopia Keriya is found in 10 countries. It is also found in India, where 26 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Keriya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Keriya in the Bengali language | ||
| কেরিয়া | keriya | - |
| Keriya in the Hindi language | ||
| केरिया | keriya | 76.86 |
| केरीया | keriya | 23.14 |
| Keriya in the Oriya language | ||
| େକରିୟା | ekariya | 50 |
| େକରିୟ | ekariya | 50 |
| Keriya in the Marathi language | ||
| केरीया | keriya | 50 |
| केिरया | keiraya | 43.75 |
| कॅरीया | keriya | 6.25 |
| Keriya in the Russian language | ||
| Керия | keria | - |
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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 Keriya
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