Keru Surname
Approximately 3,472 people bear this surname
Keru Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 1,441 | 1:532,315 | 26,434 |
| Kenya | 858 | 1:53,823 | 5,393 |
| Papua New Guinea | 785 | 1:10,387 | 890 |
| Indonesia | 141 | 1:937,938 | 69,491 |
| Nigeria | 83 | 1:2,134,250 | 73,634 |
| Chile | 37 | 1:476,121 | 12,335 |
| Uganda | 20 | 1:1,951,964 | 63,898 |
| Solomon Islands | 18 | 1:32,224 | 6,317 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| South Africa | 12 | 1:4,514,809 | 137,638 |
| Transnistria | 10 | 1:47,470 | 7,079 |
| Moldova | 8 | 1:445,171 | 30,722 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
The alternate forms: Kéru (1) are calculated separately.
Keru (9,265) may also be a first name.
Keru Demographics
Keru Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Keru Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Keru Come From? nationality or country of origin
Keru (Bengali: কেরু, Hindi: केरू, Marathi: केरु, Oriya: େକରୁ, Russian: Керу) occurs most in India. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Kéru. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Keru? popularity and diffusion
The surname Keru is the 130,325th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 2,098,948 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 46 percent of Keru are found; 42 percent are found in South Asia and 41 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 64,486th most widely held first name world-wide. It is borne by 9,265 people.
The last name is most frequently held in India, where it is borne by 1,441 people, or 1 in 532,315. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Madhya Pradesh, where 90 percent reside, Maharashtra, where 7 percent reside and Andhra Pradesh, where 1 percent reside. Outside of India this last name occurs in 33 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 25 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 23 percent reside.
Keru Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Keru has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Keru last name decreased 40 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Keru Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Keru surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Keru earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 57.89% less than the national average, earning R 100,080 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Keru Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Keru in the Bengali language | ||
| কেরু | keru | - |
| Keru in the Oriya language | ||
| େକରୁ | ekaru | - |
| Keru in the Hindi language | ||
| केरू | keru | 87.34 |
| केरु | keru | 12.52 |
| केउ | ke'u | 0.14 |
| Keru in the Marathi language | ||
| केरु | keru | 67.98 |
| केरू | keru | 31.97 |
| केर | kera | 0.01 |
| केऱु | keru | 0.01 |
| केरा | kera | 0 |
| केरु़ | keru | 0 |
| कॆरू | keru | 0 |
| कॅरु | keru | 0 |
| Keru in the Russian language | ||
| Керу | keru | - |
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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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- 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 Keru
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