Kelber Surname

288,063rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,332 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Belgium

Kelber Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kelber Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany5631:142,99417,265
United States5221:694,36654,999
Belgium891:129,17618,730
South Africa261:2,083,75892,464
Brazil251:8,562,973188,780
France231:2,887,944200,772
Argentina221:1,942,88297,983
Turkey191:4,095,86499,768
Slovakia81:667,05668,191
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Russia71:20,589,008462,339
Namibia41:602,35012,421
Georgia31:1,248,51528,066
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
England21:27,859,030389,889
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States671:749,53347,599

Kelber (519) may also be a first name.

Kelber Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kelber Come From? nationality or country of origin

Kelber (Russian: Кельбер) occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kelber? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 288,063rd most widely held last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 5,471,131 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 54 percent of Kelber live; 51 percent live in Western Europe and 49 percent live in Germanic Europe. Kelber is also the 370,800th most frequently used first name throughout the world, borne by 519 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 563 people, or 1 in 142,994. In Germany Kelber is most prevalent in: Bavaria, where 20 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 15 percent live and Hesse, where 13 percent live. Besides Germany Kelber exists in 22 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 39 percent live and Belgium, where 7 percent live.

Kelber Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Kelber has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 779 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Kelber Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Kelber surname are 12.35% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 59.12% registered with the party.

The amount Kelber earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 105.7% more than the national average, earning R 488,820 per year and in United States they earn 21.93% more than the national average, earning $52,612 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kaelber92433/
Koelber9244/
Kelberh928/
Kellber928/
Keelber924/
Kuelber924/
Kielber921/
Kelbher920/
Klber918/
Kaelbier861/
Kellbert860/
Kleber8310,105/
Kälber83911/
Kilber83559/
Kölber8369/
Celber832/
Kylber832/
Kelberová804/
Kylberh778/
Kälbert776/
Chelber775/
Kylbert771/
Klebere771/
Klebear771/
Killbear7125/
Kihlbert718/
Kuulbeer711/
Cleber67410/
Kleberová6714/
Clbert677/
Qlbeer671/
Klûver671/

Kelber Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kelber in the Russian language
Кельберkelber-

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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 Kelber
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