Ancelem Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Kenya

Ancelem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ancelem Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ancelem (65) may also be a first name.

Ancelem Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ancelem has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ancelem? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 7,593,402nd most widespread family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. Ancelem occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Ancelem live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ancelem is also the 1,212,820th most numerous first name in the world It is held by 65 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Rivers, where 100 percent live. Besides Nigeria Ancelem exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 17 percent live and Tanzania, where 17 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Anselem861,164/
Ancelim8650/
Anzelem863/
Anxelem861/
Angelem861/
Ganselem80245/
Andselem803/
Anseleme802/
Anseleam802/
Anseleim801/
Anseleem801/
Ansselem801/
Angelesm801/
Angelim713,637/
Ancelin713,456/
Anselim711,118/
Amselem71470/
Anselen7115/
Angelen7114/
Anzelim719/
Anjelim712/
Amjelem711/
Anchelin6722/
Ancelina6716/
Anselime674/
Hancelin672/
Angelesn672/
Angelime671/
Amnzilem671/
Amsselem671/
Ancelink671/
Amselhem671/
Ounkelem671/
Anzeleng671/

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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 Ancelem
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