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
Average Ketu Salary in
United States
$37,583 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Ketu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ketu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ketu (Bengali: কেতু, Hindi: केतु, Marathi: केतु, Oriya: େକତୁ, Russian: Кету) is more commonly found in India than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as: Ketú. Click here to see other potential spellings of Ketu.
How Common Is The Last Name Ketu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 125,679th most frequent last name in the world, held by around 1 in 2,013,134 people. The surname Ketu is predominantly 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 commonly held first name globally, held by 6,335 people.
The last name Ketu is most commonly held in India, where it is borne by 1,325 people, or 1 in 578,917. In India Ketu is most frequent in: Andhra Pradesh, where 59 percent are found, Uttar Pradesh, where 13 percent are found and Bihar, where 11 percent are found. Not including India this last name exists in 43 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 29 percent are found and Ghana, where 13 percent are found.
Ketu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly 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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