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
The last name Keriya (Bengali: কেরিয়া, Hindi: केरिया, Marathi: केरीया, Oriya: େକରିୟା, Russian: Керия) has its highest incidence in Ethiopia. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Keriya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Keriya is the 64,939th most widespread surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 946,926 people. The last name Keriya is predominantly found in Africa, where 74 percent of Keriya are found; 73 percent are found in East Africa and 73 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. Keriya is also the 315,345th most numerous first name world-wide, borne by 688 people.
The surname is most common in Ethiopia, where it is held by 5,634 people, or 1 in 17,314. Aside from Ethiopia this last name occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs 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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