Kayelu Surname
Approximately 1,037 people bear this surname
Kayelu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 941 | 1:16,844 | 1,884 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Namibia | 45 | 1:53,542 | 6,362 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Kayelu (32) may also be a first name.
Kayelu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kayelu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kayelu is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Kayelu.
How Common Is The Last Name Kayelu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 351,607th most numerous last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 7,027,527 people. The last name Kayelu occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kayelu live; 95 percent live in Southern Africa and 95 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Kayelu is also the 1,840,253rd most numerous given name internationally, borne by 32 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is held by 941 people, or 1 in 16,844. In Zambia it is primarily found in: North-Western Province, where 69 percent live, Copperbelt Province, where 13 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 7 percent live. Barring Zambia it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 5 percent live and Namibia, where 4 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
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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 Kayelu
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