Kelaga Surname
Approximately 270 people bear this surname
Kelaga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 246 | 1:33,145 | 3,866 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
Kelaga (129) may also be a first name.
Kelaga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kelaga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kelaga is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Kelaga.
How Common Is The Last Name Kelaga? popularity and diffusion
Kelaga is the 963,821st most frequent surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 26,990,911 people. It is primarily found in Oceania, where 93 percent of Kelaga are found; 93 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 91 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 818,356th most prevalent first name world-wide It is held by 129 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 246 people, or 1 in 33,145. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Chimbu, where 53 percent reside, Eastern Highlands, where 24 percent reside and National Capital District, where 16 percent reside. Excluding Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 4 percent reside and Indonesia, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Kelaga
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