Kerge
surname · Latin script
Meaning: light, lightweight
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/kɝdʒ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Kerge is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Finland than in any other country.
- FIFinland1 in 114K(measured from records)
- LTLithuania≈1 in 202K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Finland (measured from records)
- Sources
- 5 (measured from records)
- 1 in 114K (inferred from the name graph)
49 people
Highest-authority source
Finland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
light, lightweight
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Kerge counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FI Finland | 49 | 1 in 114K | 49 | — | — |
| LT Lithuania | ≈14 est. | ≈1 in 202K | — | Kerge | 5 |
| DM Dominica | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| EE Estonia | — | — | 140 | — | 2 |
| US United States | — | — | listed | — | 1 |
49 people counted by DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Dominica — Revised List of Electors May 2025; the ee-stat-nimed register; the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Kerge is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In pym, shea tree, Vitellaria paradoxa
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Hungarian, silly, crazy, giddy
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In zza, chicken
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Leo Kergeb. 1922EEEstonian journalist (1922-1982)
- Ago-Endrik Kergeb. 1939EEEstonian dancer, ballet master, director, actor and politician (1939-2021)
- Krista Kergeb. 1952EEEstonian linguist (born 1952)
- Rainer Kergeb. 1977EEEstonian journalist (born 1977)
- Kaimo Kb. 1984SEnot in their usual nameDJ and producer
- Arete Kergeb. 1985EEEstonian opera singer (born 1985)
- Kuno Kergeb. 1988EEEstonian conductor and singer (born 1988)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 7 sources across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 140 | #455 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 114 | #659 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 49 | #23,112 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Kerge mean, and where does it come from?
- light, lightweight Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Kerge?
- A machine transcription gives /kɝdʒ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Kerge have the most bearers?
- In Finland, the national register counted about 49 people named Kerge, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Kerge most common?
- Kerge is densest in Finland, where the national register counts about 1 in 114 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Kerge?
- In Finland, the national register counted 49 people named Kerge, about 1 in 114 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Kerge?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/kergeThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kerge”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.