Kerwa Surname
Approximately 173 people bear this surname
Kerwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 148 | 1:55,093 | 6,981 |
| India | 18 | 1:42,614,743 | 461,117 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Kerwa (70) may also be a first name.
Kerwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kerwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kerwa (Marathi: केरवा) has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kerwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,305,105th most numerous last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 42,124,543 people. The surname is predominantly found in Oceania, where 87 percent of Kerwa reside; 87 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 87 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,162,016th most widely held first name world-wide, borne by 70 people.
The surname Kerwa is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 148 people, or 1 in 55,093. In Papua New Guinea Kerwa is most frequent in: Western Highlands, where 66 percent live, Jiwaka, where 26 percent live and Southern Highlands, where 5 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in India, where 10 percent live and Indonesia, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kerwa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kerwa in the Marathi language | ||
| केरवा | kerava | - |
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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 Kerwa
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