Kelechi Surname
Approximately 8,844 people bear this surname
Kelechi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 8,705 | 1:20,350 | 1,855 |
| United States | 33 | 1:10,983,604 | 436,696 |
| South Africa | 18 | 1:3,009,872 | 112,058 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| Brazil | 16 | 1:13,379,646 | 256,605 |
| Iceland | 11 | 1:34,554 | 2,447 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Senegal | 3 | 1:4,859,781 | 6,822 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
Kelechi (145,035) may also be a first name.
Kelechi Demographics
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Kelechi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kelechi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kelechi is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kelechi? popularity and diffusion
Kelechi is the 57,264th most frequent family name globally, borne by around 1 in 824,010 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kelechi reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kelechi is also the 7,217th most common first name globally. It is borne by 145,035 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 8,705 people, or 1 in 20,350. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Imo, where 27 percent live, Abia, where 17 percent live and Anambra, where 10 percent live. Besides Nigeria it is found in 27 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent live and South Africa, where 0 percent live.
Kelechi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Kelechi last name is principally Christian (99%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Kelechi surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 50% being registered with the political party.
The amount Kelechi earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 77.6% less than the national average, earning R 53,232 per year and in United States they earn 23.52% less than the national average, earning $33,000 USD per year.
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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 Kelechi
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