Kéré Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Burkina Faso
Highest density in:
Burkina Faso

Kéré Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kéré Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Burkina Faso151:1,223,47311,207
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397

The alternate forms: Kere (39,517), Kèrè (1) & Ķere (1) are calculated separately.

Kéré Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kéré Come From? nationality or country of origin

Kéré occurs more in Burkina Faso more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant: Kere, Kèrè or Ķere. For other possible spellings of Kéré click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kéré? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kéré is the 4,427,875th most frequently held last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. Kéré is mostly found in Africa, where 85 percent of Kéré reside; 85 percent reside in West Africa and 85 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Kéré is most commonly occurring in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 1,223,473. Without taking into account Burkina Faso Kéré is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 10 percent reside and Canada, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kere8339,517/
Kèrè831/
Kérész808/
Kéri753,630/
Kéry75420/
Céré7567/
Ķere751/
Kéra751/
Kiré751/
Quéré67391/
Koréh6778/
Kéray6718/
Kérey6716/
Karré677/
Kérai675/
Kairé674/
Kayré673/
Kerré672/
Kahré671/
Khéry671/
Karéh671/
Kirré671/

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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 Kéré
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