Kerkula Surname

57,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,771 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Kerkula Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kerkula Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia8,3451:52872
Ghana3461:78,0947,799
United States641:5,663,421279,165
England131:4,286,005132,302
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Guyana11:762,22114,420

Kerkula (1,089) may also be a first name.

Kerkula Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kerkula is most common in Liberia. It can also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kerkula? popularity and diffusion

It is the 57,718th most frequently held family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 830,868 people. Kerkula occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kerkula live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. Kerkula is also the 241,864th most frequently occurring first name at a global level It is held by 1,089 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Liberia, where it is carried by 8,345 people, or 1 in 528. In Liberia Kerkula is mostly found in: Bong County, where 36 percent live, Margibi County, where 24 percent live and Montserrado County, where 21 percent live. Without taking into account Liberia it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Ghana, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Kerkula Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Kerkula last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% being registered with the party.

Kerkula earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 9.52% less than the national average, earning $39,042 USD per year.

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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 Kerkula
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