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
Average Kele Salary in
United States
$29,503 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kele (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻞ, Hindi: केले, Marathi: केळे, Oriya: େକେଲ, Russian: Келе) occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant: Kelé or Kélé. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kele? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kele is the 48,013th most widely held family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 677,596 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 50 percent of Kele live; 23 percent live in Central Africa and 22 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Kele is also the 80,510th most numerous first name in the world, held by 6,612 people.
The last name is most common in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 2,066 people, or 1 in 35,760. Besides The DR Congo it occurs in 84 countries. It also occurs in India, where 16 percent reside and South Africa, where 14 percent reside.
Kele Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Kele has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held 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 bearing the Kele last name is predominantly Orthodox (50%) in Russia.
In The United States those bearing the Kele surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% 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
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- 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 Kele
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