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
Kelama (Hindi: केलमा, Marathi: केलमा, Oriya: େକଲମା) is more commonly found in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kelama? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,882,373rd most frequently held family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 73 percent of Kelama live; 73 percent live in Southeast Asia and 73 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Kelama is also the 749,223rd most frequently held first name in the world It is held by 151 people.
This surname is most numerous 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. Excluding Indonesia this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found 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
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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 Kelama
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