Fele Surname
Approximately 4,357 people bear this surname
Fele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,079 | 1:164,173 | 10,268 |
| DR Congo | 1,074 | 1:68,789 | 8,089 |
| Italy | 713 | 1:85,774 | 14,880 |
| Benin | 493 | 1:20,965 | 2,805 |
| South Africa | 261 | 1:207,577 | 22,069 |
| Slovenia | 178 | 1:13,976 | 3,327 |
| Indonesia | 103 | 1:1,283,973 | 89,572 |
| Cameroon | 97 | 1:214,114 | 21,748 |
| Romania | 45 | 1:446,175 | 35,142 |
| Papua New Guinea | 32 | 1:254,804 | 34,943 |
| United States | 30 | 1:12,081,964 | 463,456 |
| England | 29 | 1:1,921,312 | 76,208 |
| Ivory Coast | 28 | 1:823,973 | 21,823 |
| Hungary | 26 | 1:377,549 | 26,409 |
| Brazil | 25 | 1:8,562,973 | 188,780 |
| Philippines | 24 | 1:4,218,259 | 160,165 |
| Iran | 21 | 1:3,656,311 | 102,225 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| France | 11 | 1:6,038,429 | 280,838 |
| Belgium | 11 | 1:1,045,149 | 78,166 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| Haiti | 6 | 1:1,780,651 | 14,597 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| Uruguay | 2 | 1:1,715,879 | 35,955 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Fele (1,995) may also be a first name.
Fele Demographics
Fele Political Affiliation
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Fele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fele (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﻠﻪ, Russian: Феле) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Fele? popularity and diffusion
The last name Fele is the 107,131st most widespread surname internationally, held by around 1 in 1,672,606 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 70 percent of Fele are found; 38 percent are found in West Africa and 37 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Fele is also the 169,261st most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 1,995 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,079 people, or 1 in 164,173. In Nigeria Fele is most frequent in: Ekiti, where 34 percent reside, Ondo, where 12 percent reside and Lagos, where 11 percent reside. Other than Nigeria it occurs in 47 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 25 percent reside and Italy, where 16 percent reside.
Fele Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Fele has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Fele surname increased 750 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Fele Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Christian (89%) in Nigeria.
In The United States Fele are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 50% registered with the party.
The amount Fele earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 15.39% more than the national average, earning €34,651 per year; in South Africa they earn 48.24% less than the national average, earning R 123,000 per year and in United States they earn 38.04% less than the national average, earning $26,736 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Fele Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Fele in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﻠﻪ | flh | 66.67 |
| ﺍﻓﻞ | afl | 33.33 |
| Fele in the Russian language | ||
| Феле | fele | - |
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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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- 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 Fele
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