Kerka Surname
Approximately 289 people bear this surname
Kerka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 163 | 1:127,418 | 14,439 |
| United States | 53 | 1:6,838,848 | 318,712 |
| Papua New Guinea | 31 | 1:263,023 | 35,917 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Albania | 3 | 1:971,352 | 22,477 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
The alternate forms: Keřka (97) are calculated separately.
Kerka (684) may also be a first name.
Kerka Demographics
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Kerka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kerka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kerka (Russian: Керка) is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant: Keřka. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kerka? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 917,199th most commonly occurring last name globally, held by around 1 in 25,216,422 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 57 percent of Kerka are found; 54 percent are found in Central Africa and 54 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 316,415th most widespread forename at a global level, held by 684 people.
It is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 163 people, or 1 in 127,418. In Cameroon Kerka is most numerous in: Northwest Region, where 79 percent live, Centre Region, where 15 percent live and Far North Region, where 4 percent live. Other than Cameroon this last name exists in 19 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 18 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent live.
Kerka Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Kerka surname are 26.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 80% being registered to vote for the political party.
Kerka earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.5% more than the national average, earning $43,365 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kerka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kerka in the Russian language | ||
| Керка | kerka | - |
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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 Kerka
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