Kerkeb Surname

186,108th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,276 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Algeria
Highest density in:
Algeria

Kerkeb Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kerkeb 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
Algeria2,0241:19,0873,499
Morocco2391:144,25125,171
France41:16,605,680368,153
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
England11:55,718,059489,080
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Kerkeb Last Name Facts

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

Kerkeb (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺮﻛﺐ) is found in Algeria more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Kerkeb.

How Common Is The Last Name Kerkeb? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kerkeb is the 186,108th most frequent surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 3,201,909 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kerkeb live; 99 percent live in North Africa and 99 percent live in Mahgreb.

The surname is most widespread in Algeria, where it is carried by 2,024 people, or 1 in 19,087. In Algeria Kerkeb is primarily concentrated in: Oran Province, where 77 percent reside, Saïda Province, where 6 percent reside and El Bayadh Province, where 5 percent reside. Besides Algeria this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 11 percent reside and France, where 0 percent reside.

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
Kerkab83263/
Kerceb8313/
Kerkob831/
Kerkib831/
Karkeb831/
Kirkebø77171/
Kreïkeb775/
Kerkipe771/
Kherkab771/
Kherkhab711/
Karkab67604/
Korkab672/
Karkib671/
Kirkev671/
Kirkeev6212/
Kyrkeev622/
Karkhab621/
Kirkeep620/
Chercheb57281/
Kirkheev5714/
Karkip5035/
Kirkip506/
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Kerkeb Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kerkeb in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻛﺮﻛﺐkrkb-

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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 Kerkeb
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