Kalesu Surname
Approximately 568 people bear this surname
Kalesu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 422 | 1:37,559 | 3,760 |
| Tanzania | 110 | 1:481,287 | 32,644 |
| Indonesia | 19 | 1:6,960,484 | 292,931 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Kalesu (252) may also be a first name.
Kalesu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kalesu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kalesu (Hindi: कलेसू, Marathi: कलेसू, Oriya: କାେଲଶୁ) is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kalesu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 559,180th most commonly used family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 12,830,186 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Kalesu live; 74 percent live in Southern Africa and 74 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 561,423rd most common first name on earth, borne by 252 people.
This surname is most numerous in Zambia, where it is borne by 422 people, or 1 in 37,559. In Zambia it is most frequent in: Northern Province, where 45 percent are found, Copperbelt Province, where 28 percent are found and Lusaka Province, where 17 percent are found. Aside from Zambia this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 19 percent are found and Indonesia, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kalesu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kalesu in the Hindi language | ||
| कलेसू | kalesu | - |
| Kalesu in the Marathi language | ||
| कलेसू | kalesu | - |
| Kalesu in the Oriya language | ||
| କାେଲଶୁ | kaelasu | 75 |
| କାେଲସୁ | kaelasu | 25 |
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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 Kalesu
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