Calestus Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Calestus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Calestus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
Papua New Guinea71:1,164,817109,517
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Calestus (222) may also be a first name.

Calestus Last Name Facts

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

The surname Calestus is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Calestus? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,057,639th most widely held family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The last name Calestus occurs predominantly in Africa, where 53 percent of Calestus reside; 47 percent reside in West Africa and 47 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 605,116th most commonly used first name throughout the world It is held by 222 people.

The surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 25,306,108. In Nigeria Calestus is primarily found in: Benue, where 57 percent reside and Rivers, where 43 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 47 percent reside and Cameroon, where 7 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
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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 Calestus
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