Kerya Surname
Approximately 2,120 people bear this surname
Kerya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1,932 | 1:50,490 | 5,344 |
| Uganda | 111 | 1:351,705 | 23,045 |
| Malaysia | 21 | 1:1,404,487 | 59,312 |
| India | 16 | 1:47,941,586 | 492,263 |
| Tanzania | 15 | 1:3,529,441 | 50,903 |
| Pakistan | 11 | 1:16,240,353 | 64,496 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
Kerya (1,054) may also be a first name.
Kerya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kerya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kerya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺮﻳﻪ, Hindi: केर्या, Marathi: के-या, Russian: Керя) is most common in Ethiopia. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kerya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 197,494th most common family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 3,437,522 people. The surname Kerya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Kerya are found; 97 percent are found in East Africa and 91 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 246,601st most commonly occurring first name worldwide It is held by 1,054 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 1,932 people, or 1 in 50,490. Barring Ethiopia Kerya exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 5 percent live and Malaysia, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kerya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kerya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺮﻳﻪ | kryh | - |
| Kerya in the Marathi language | ||
| के-या | ke-ya | 81.25 |
| केय | keya | 18.75 |
| Kerya in the Hindi language | ||
| केर्या | kerya | 50 |
| केरया | keraya | 50 |
| Kerya in the Russian language | ||
| Керя | kera | - |
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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 Kerya
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