Ketu Surname
Approximately 3,620 people bear this surname
Ketu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 1,325 | 1:578,917 | 28,178 |
| DR Congo | 1,067 | 1:69,240 | 8,138 |
| Ghana | 485 | 1:55,713 | 5,980 |
| Cameroon | 263 | 1:78,970 | 9,696 |
| Papua New Guinea | 127 | 1:64,202 | 8,352 |
| Nigeria | 112 | 1:1,581,632 | 59,341 |
| Cambodia | 72 | 1:215,099 | 3,115 |
| New Zealand | 33 | 1:137,222 | 16,302 |
| Indonesia | 29 | 1:4,560,317 | 223,141 |
| Pakistan | 25 | 1:7,145,755 | 40,003 |
| Zimbabwe | 15 | 1:1,029,216 | 63,831 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| Kenya | 7 | 1:6,597,129 | 51,431 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Namibia | 3 | 1:803,134 | 15,170 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
The alternate forms: Ketú (1) are calculated separately.
Ketu (6,335) may also be a first name.
Ketu Demographics
Ketu Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ketu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ketu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ketu (Bengali: কেতু, Hindi: केतु, Marathi: केतु, Oriya: େକତୁ, Russian: Кету) occurs most in India. It can also appear in the variant forms: Ketú. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ketu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ketu is the 125,679th most widely held last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 2,013,134 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 54 percent of Ketu are found; 37 percent are found in South Asia and 37 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Ketu is also the 82,764th most frequently used given name throughout the world It is held by 6,335 people.
The surname Ketu is most frequently used in India, where it is carried by 1,325 people, or 1 in 578,917. In India Ketu is mostly concentrated in: Andhra Pradesh, where 59 percent reside, Uttar Pradesh, where 13 percent reside and Bihar, where 11 percent reside. Without taking into account India this last name exists in 43 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 29 percent reside and Ghana, where 13 percent reside.
Ketu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
The amount Ketu earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 32.51% less than the national average, earning 233,582 kr per year and in United States they earn 12.9% less than the national average, earning $37,583 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ketu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ketu in the Bengali language | ||
| কেতু | ketu | - |
| Ketu in the Oriya language | ||
| େକତୁ | ekatu | 97.63 |
| େକଟୁ | ekatu | 1.48 |
| Ketu in the Hindi language | ||
| केतु | ketu | 62.05 |
| केतू | ketu | 36.83 |
| केटू | ketu | 1.12 |
| Ketu in the Marathi language | ||
| केतु | ketu | 48.91 |
| केतू | ketu | 40.15 |
| केटु | ketu | 8.03 |
| केटू | ketu | 2.92 |
| Ketu in the Russian language | ||
| Кету | ketu | - |
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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 Ketu
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