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
Kerka Political Affiliation
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Kerka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kerka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kerka (Russian: Керка) occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Keřka. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kerka? popularity and diffusion
It is the 917,199th most commonly used last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 25,216,422 people. Kerka is primarily found in Africa, where 57 percent of Kerka reside; 54 percent reside in Central Africa and 54 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Kerka is also the 316,415th most frequently used first name at a global level. It is borne by 684 people.
The last name is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 163 people, or 1 in 127,418. In Cameroon Kerka is most common in: Northwest Region, where 79 percent reside, Centre Region, where 15 percent reside and Far North Region, where 4 percent reside. Outside of Cameroon it occurs in 19 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 18 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent reside.
Kerka Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Kerka last name are 26.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 80% 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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