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 is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant: Helelä or Helelā. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Helela? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,235,409th most widespread surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 38,763,542 people. The last name Helela 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 prevalent first name internationally, held by 17 people.
Helela is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 174 people, or 1 in 304,262. In Tanzania Helela is most frequent in: Iringa Region, where 63 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 32 percent live and Morogoro Region, where 2 percent live. Not including Tanzania this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.
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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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