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) is more frequently found in Burkina Faso than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kekele? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 283,122nd most widespread family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 5,354,552 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Kekele reside; 82 percent reside in West Africa and 48 percent reside in Mande Africa. It is also the 859,937th most widely held first name globally It is held by 118 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 909 people, or 1 in 20,189. In Burkina Faso it is mostly concentrated in: Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 64 percent reside, Hauts-Bassins Region, where 20 percent reside and Centre Region, where 15 percent reside. Excluding Burkina Faso this last name occurs in 15 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 12 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 8 percent reside.
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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