Kalekye Surname
Approximately 7,542 people bear this surname
Kalekye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 7,531 | 1:6,132 | 842 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kalekye (2,543) may also be a first name.
Kalekye Demographics
Kalekye Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kalekye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kalekye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kalekye occurs most in Kenya. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Kalekye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kalekye? popularity and diffusion
Kalekye is the 66,138th most numerous last name in the world, held by around 1 in 966,262 people. Kalekye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kalekye are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 98 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 146,179th most common forename in the world It is held by 2,543 people.
It is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is carried by 7,531 people, or 1 in 6,132. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Machakos County, where 34 percent reside, Kitui County, where 32 percent reside and Makueni County, where 14 percent reside. Not including Kenya it occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 0 percent reside and Spain, where 0 percent reside.
Kalekye Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kallekoye | 88 | 7 | / |
| Kalekie | 86 | 294 | / |
| Kalakye | 86 | 19 | / |
| Kelekye | 86 | 2 | / |
| Kalekayo | 80 | 193 | / |
| Kalikoye | 80 | 188 | / |
| Kalekawe | 80 | 25 | / |
| Kaleukeu | 80 | 9 | / |
| Kalekhoe | 80 | 7 | / |
| Kalekayi | 80 | 3 | / |
| Kalaakye | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kallakye | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kalikoiye | 75 | 2 | / |
| Kallikoye | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kallykoye | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kallekoya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kaleskaya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kalekhayi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kalekou | 71 | 737 | / |
| Kalekau | 71 | 20 | / |
| Kalikoy | 71 | 17 | / |
| Khaleskaya | 71 | 5 | / |
| Kolekae | 71 | 4 | / |
| Kalikee | 71 | 3 | / |
| Kalikay | 71 | 3 | / |
| Kalikey | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kaleakayah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kalekaji | 67 | 136 | / |
| Kalikaya | 67 | 116 | / |
| Kaleikau | 67 | 62 | / |
| Kalikayi | 67 | 39 | / |
| Caleskie | 67 | 11 | / |
| Koulekeu | 67 | 10 | / |
| Kalikhay | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kalikoyi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Koulekey | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kalekaus | 67 | 3 | / |
| Keulekeu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kalaykay | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gkalekou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khaliqye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kalichey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kalikaay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kalikiyi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kalychey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khaleqie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kallikoy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Koleukeu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kollekie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Koleskey | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Kalekye
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