Kerkad Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Algeria
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Kerkad Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kerkad Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Algeria71:5,518,79351,529
France11:66,422,722504,397
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869

Kerkad Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kerkad (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺮﻛﺎﺩ) is found most frequently in Algeria. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Kerkad.

How Common Is The Last Name Kerkad? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 6,360,413th most numerous last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. Kerkad occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Kerkad live; 78 percent live in North Africa and 78 percent live in Mahgreb.

The surname is most widespread in Algeria, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 5,518,793. In Algeria Kerkad is most prevalent in: Skikda Province, where 57 percent live, Algiers Province, where 14 percent live and Biskra Province, where 14 percent live. Excluding Algeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in France, where 11 percent live and Mauritania, where 11 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kherkad925/
Karkad83222/
Kerkat835/
Korkad831/
Kirkad831/
Kerkoud77804/
Kerkate773/
Korkhad771/
Kerkatch711/
Kerkeath710/
Korkat6761/
Karkat6758/
Kirkat6724/
Kerkoč677/
Krekat675/
Karkod671/
Kerkatsch671/
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Kerkad Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kerkad in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻛﺮﻛﺎﺩkrkad-

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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 Kerkad
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