Helela Surname
Approximately 188 people bear this surname
Helela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 174 | 1:304,262 | 23,403 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
The alternate forms: Helelä (16) & Helelā (1) are calculated separately.
Helela (17) may also be a first name.
Helela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Helela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Helela occurs most in Tanzania. It can also appear in the variant forms: Helelä or Helelā. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Helela? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,235,409th most widely held surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 38,763,542 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Helela reside; 93 percent reside in East Africa and 93 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Helela is also the 2,694,839th most frequently occurring first name globally, held by 17 people.
Helela is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 174 people, or 1 in 304,262. In Tanzania Helela is primarily concentrated in: Iringa Region, where 63 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 32 percent reside and Morogoro Region, where 2 percent reside. Besides Tanzania Helela is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent reside and The United States, where 3 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 Helela
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