Kekele Surname
Approximately 1,361 people bear this surname
Kekele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 909 | 1:20,189 | 1,399 |
| Benin | 163 | 1:63,409 | 7,789 |
| DR Congo | 103 | 1:717,277 | 51,618 |
| Papua New Guinea | 91 | 1:89,601 | 11,921 |
| Nigeria | 31 | 1:5,714,283 | 142,531 |
| Ivory Coast | 20 | 1:1,153,562 | 26,783 |
| Zambia | 20 | 1:792,496 | 27,807 |
| Lesotho | 13 | 1:156,351 | 13,063 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kekele (118) may also be a first name.
Kekele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kekele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kekele (Marathi: केकळे, Russian: Кекелье) occurs most in Burkina Faso. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kekele? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 283,122nd most commonly used family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 5,354,552 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Kekele are found; 82 percent are found in West Africa and 48 percent are found in Mande Africa. It is also the 859,937th most commonly held given name internationally, held by 118 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 909 people, or 1 in 20,189. In Burkina Faso it is primarily found in: Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 64 percent live, Hauts-Bassins Region, where 20 percent live and Centre Region, where 15 percent live. Apart from Burkina Faso this surname exists in 15 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 12 percent live and The DR Congo, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kekele Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kekele in the Marathi language | ||
| केकळे | kekale | - |
| Kekele in the Russian language | ||
| Кекелье | kekele | - |
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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 Kekele
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