Kerve Surname
Approximately 130 people bear this surname
Kerve Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 46 | 1:44,566 | 6,776 |
| Estonia | 23 | 1:57,470 | 10,794 |
| India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Brazil | 11 | 1:19,461,303 | 329,560 |
| Haiti | 10 | 1:1,068,391 | 11,823 |
| Finland | 7 | 1:785,243 | 38,644 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
The alternate forms: Ķerve (1) are calculated separately.
Kerve (43) may also be a first name.
Kerve Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kerve Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kerve (Marathi: केव, Russian: Керве) has its highest incidence in Latvia. It can also be found as a variant: Ķerve. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kerve? popularity and diffusion
Kerve is the 1,573,888th most prevalent last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 56,058,046 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 61 percent of Kerve reside; 59 percent reside in Northern Europe and 53 percent reside in Baltic Europe. Kerve is also the 1,545,828th most frequent first name on earth It is held by 43 people.
The surname is most widely held in Latvia, where it is carried by 46 people, or 1 in 44,566. In Latvia Kerve is mostly concentrated in: Kurzeme Planning Region, where 93 percent reside, Riga Planning Region, where 4 percent reside and Semigallia, where 2 percent reside. Apart from Latvia it is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Estonia, where 18 percent reside and India, where 11 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kerve Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kerve in the Marathi language | ||
| केव | keva | 50 |
| केरवे | kerave | 50 |
| Kerve in the Russian language | ||
| Керве | kerve | - |
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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 Kerve
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