Ketara Surname
Approximately 311 people bear this surname
Ketara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solomon Islands | 223 | 1:2,601 | 249 |
| Uganda | 51 | 1:765,476 | 37,015 |
| India | 15 | 1:51,137,692 | 512,385 |
| Finland | 8 | 1:687,088 | 36,047 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Kiribati | 1 | 1:113,407 | 1,341 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ketara (124) may also be a first name.
Ketara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ketara Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ketara (Hindi: केतारा, Oriya: େକତରା) is more frequently found in The Solomon Islands than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Ketara.
How Common Is The Last Name Ketara? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 870,423rd most commonly held family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 23,432,624 people. It occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 73 percent of Ketara are found; 73 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 72 percent are found in Solomonic Oceania. Ketara is also the 836,439th most frequently used first name throughout the world, borne by 124 people.
The surname is most widely held in The Solomon Islands, where it is borne by 223 people, or 1 in 2,601. In The Solomon Islands Ketara is mostly found in: Makira Province, where 89 percent reside and Malaita Province, where 11 percent reside. Excluding The Solomon Islands this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 16 percent reside and India, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ketara Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ketara in the Oriya language | ||
| େକତରା | ekatara | - |
| Ketara in the Hindi language | ||
| केतारा | ketara | 96.3 |
| केतरा | ketara | 3.7 |
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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 Ketara
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