Kaleme Surname
Approximately 701 people bear this surname
Kaleme Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 631 | 1:83,901 | 8,560 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Iran | 21 | 1:3,656,311 | 102,225 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Kaleme (235) may also be a first name.
Kaleme Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kaleme Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kaleme is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaleme? popularity and diffusion
It is the 476,893rd most widespread family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 10,395,929 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Kaleme live; 91 percent live in East Africa and 91 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Kaleme is also the 584,346th most widely held first name in the world, borne by 235 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is held by 631 people, or 1 in 83,901. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Dodoma Region, where 37 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 20 percent live and Kigoma Region, where 19 percent live. Besides Tanzania it exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 4 percent live and Iran, 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 Kaleme
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