Kelama Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Kelama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 16 | 1:8,265,575 | 327,276 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Kelama (151) may also be a first name.
Kelama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kelama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kelama (Hindi: केलमा, Marathi: केलमा, Oriya: େକଲମା) is found most frequently in Indonesia. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kelama? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,882,373rd most widely held surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 73 percent of Kelama live; 73 percent live in Southeast Asia and 73 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 749,223rd most frequent first name on earth. It is borne by 151 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 8,265,575. In Indonesia it is primarily found in: North Sumatra, where 81 percent are found and Aceh, where 19 percent are found. Without taking into account Indonesia this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 15 percent are found and Malaysia, where 12 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kelama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kelama in the Oriya language | ||
| େକଲମା | ekalama | - |
| Kelama in the Marathi language | ||
| केलमा | kelama | - |
| Kelama in the Hindi language | ||
| केलमा | kelama | 98.85 |
| केलामा | kelama | 1.15 |
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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 Kelama
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