Sereka Surname
Approximately 729 people bear this surname
Sereka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 301 | 1:175,886 | 15,352 |
| Uganda | 117 | 1:333,669 | 22,303 |
| Ivory Coast | 95 | 1:242,855 | 9,751 |
| Kenya | 92 | 1:501,955 | 25,569 |
| Papua New Guinea | 62 | 1:131,512 | 18,033 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Latvia | 12 | 1:170,837 | 20,647 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sereka (333) may also be a first name.
Sereka Demographics
Sereka Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Sereka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sereka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sereka (Oriya: େସେରକା, Russian: Сэрэка) occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sereka? popularity and diffusion
Sereka is the 462,693rd most numerous last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,996,634 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Sereka live; 70 percent live in East Africa and 58 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Sereka is also the 479,726th most widely held forename worldwide It is held by 333 people.
The surname is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 301 people, or 1 in 175,886. In Tanzania Sereka is most frequent in: Mara Region, where 64 percent reside, Arusha Region, where 30 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 3 percent reside. Not including Tanzania this last name exists in 13 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 16 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 13 percent reside.
Sereka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Christian (80%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sereka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sereka in the Oriya language | ||
| େସେରକା | eseraka | 66.67 |
| େସେରକ | eseraka | 33.33 |
| Sereka in the Russian language | ||
| Сэрэка | sereka | - |
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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 Sereka
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