Bekelle Surname
Approximately 1,642 people bear this surname
Bekelle Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1,610 | 1:60,588 | 6,165 |
| Cameroon | 21 | 1:989,003 | 63,570 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Bekelle (1,041) may also be a first name.
Bekelle Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bekelle Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bekelle is borne by more people in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bekelle? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bekelle is the 242,956th most widely held last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 4,438,213 people. The last name Bekelle is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Bekelle reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Bekelle is also the 248,355th most widespread first name on earth, held by 1,041 people.
The surname Bekelle is most frequent in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 1,610 people, or 1 in 60,588. Other than Ethiopia it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 1 percent reside and Canada, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Bekelle
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