Kele Surname
Approximately 10,755 people bear this surname
Kele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 2,066 | 1:35,760 | 4,429 |
| India | 1,702 | 1:450,685 | 23,274 |
| South Africa | 1,480 | 1:36,607 | 4,696 |
| Hungary | 1,473 | 1:6,664 | 796 |
| Papua New Guinea | 849 | 1:9,604 | 783 |
| Nigeria | 447 | 1:396,293 | 20,834 |
| Turkey | 355 | 1:219,215 | 15,711 |
| Lesotho | 266 | 1:7,641 | 1,672 |
| Benin | 248 | 1:41,676 | 5,358 |
| Cameroon | 234 | 1:88,757 | 10,694 |
| Ivory Coast | 179 | 1:128,890 | 6,268 |
| Congo | 165 | 1:30,237 | 3,102 |
| Romania | 124 | 1:161,918 | 16,836 |
| United States | 101 | 1:3,588,702 | 200,455 |
| Serbia | 97 | 1:73,659 | 6,503 |
| Uganda | 94 | 1:415,311 | 25,587 |
| Solomon Islands | 75 | 1:7,734 | 1,237 |
| Slovakia | 67 | 1:79,649 | 15,428 |
| Niger | 66 | 1:290,788 | 8,823 |
| Burkina Faso | 57 | 1:321,967 | 5,544 |
| Botswana | 55 | 1:39,762 | 7,636 |
| Australia | 44 | 1:613,539 | 43,545 |
| Indonesia | 42 | 1:3,148,790 | 173,812 |
| Russia | 41 | 1:3,515,196 | 179,721 |
| France | 41 | 1:1,620,066 | 149,911 |
| Brazil | 35 | 1:6,116,409 | 148,801 |
| Albania | 31 | 1:94,002 | 9,372 |
| Germany | 27 | 1:2,981,684 | 140,707 |
| Angola | 25 | 1:1,079,569 | 3,117 |
| Czechia | 22 | 1:483,340 | 51,393 |
| Liberia | 16 | 1:275,533 | 16,331 |
| Zimbabwe | 15 | 1:1,029,216 | 63,831 |
| Kosovo | 14 | 1:132,991 | 6,224 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| Ireland | 13 | 1:362,226 | 14,761 |
| Belgium | 12 | 1:958,054 | 73,966 |
| Tanzania | 11 | 1:4,812,874 | 55,358 |
| Taiwan | 10 | 1:2,344,475 | 14,894 |
| China | 9 | 1:151,924,618 | 7,954 |
| Moldova | 9 | 1:395,708 | 28,721 |
| Argentina | 8 | 1:5,342,927 | 168,491 |
| Israel | 7 | 1:1,222,519 | 68,299 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Ukraine | 7 | 1:6,503,242 | 257,739 |
| Poland | 7 | 1:5,429,821 | 146,768 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| New Zealand | 7 | 1:646,903 | 40,014 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 25 | 1:2,008,747 | 100,426 |
The alternate forms: Kelé (3) & Kélé (1) are calculated separately.
Kele (6,612) may also be a first name.
Kele Demographics
Kele Political Affiliation
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Kele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kele Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kele (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻞ, Hindi: केले, Marathi: केळे, Oriya: େକେଲ, Russian: Келе) is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Kelé or Kélé. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kele? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 48,013th most widespread surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 677,596 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Kele are found; 23 percent are found in Central Africa and 22 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 80,510th most widely held first name world-wide, borne by 6,612 people.
Kele is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is held by 2,066 people, or 1 in 35,760. Not including The DR Congo this last name occurs in 84 countries. It is also found in India, where 16 percent live and South Africa, where 14 percent live.
Kele Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Kele has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kele surname increased 404 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 433 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kele Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Kele last name is chiefly Orthodox (50%) in Russia.
In The United States those holding the Kele last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% being registered with the political party.
The amount Kele earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 51.68% less than the national average, earning R 114,828 per year and in United States they earn 31.63% less than the national average, earning $29,503 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kele Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kele in the Oriya language | ||
| େକେଲ | ekela | 96.84 |
| େକେଳ | ekela | 2.11 |
| Kele in the Hindi language | ||
| केले | kele | 94.74 |
| केला | kela | 5.26 |
| Kele in the Marathi language | ||
| केळे | kele | 78.1 |
| केले | kele | 20.44 |
| काेळे | kaele | 0.51 |
| कोेले | koele | 0.34 |
| काेले | kaele | 0.21 |
| कोेळे | koele | 0.09 |
| कॅळॅ | kele | 0.09 |
| कॅले | kele | 0.04 |
| Kele in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻞ | kl | 46.15 |
| ﻛﻠﻪ | klh | 38.46 |
| ﻛﻠﺔ | klt | 7.69 |
| ﻛﻠﻰ | kly | 7.69 |
| Kele in the Russian language | ||
| Келе | kele | - |
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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
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