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Where Does The Last Name Jele Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Jele (Bengali: জেলে, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﻠﻰ, Hindi: जेले, Marathi: जेले, Oriya: େଜେଲ) occurs most in South Africa. It may also be found as a variant: Jelê. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Jele? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname Jele is the 20,611^th most common last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 274,753 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Jele are found; 75 percent are found in Southern Africa and 75 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 96,758^th most frequent forename globally, held by 4,955 people.

This last name is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is borne by 14,290 people, or 1 in 3,791. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 35 percent are found, Mpumalanga, where 26 percent are found and Gauteng, where 24 percent are found. Apart from South Africa Jele is found in 51 countries. It is also common in Somalia, where 13 percent are found and Swaziland, where 13 percent are found.

Jele Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Jele has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 850 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Jele Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Muslim (100%) in Kenya.

In The United States those bearing the Jele surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Jele earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 30.04% less than the national average, earning R 166,248 per year; in Colombia they earn 36.69% less than the national average, earning $14,373,100 COP per year and in United States they earn 110.49% more than the national average, earning $90,826 USD per year.