Kelefe Surname
Approximately 64 people bear this surname
Kelefe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Botswana | 50 | 1:43,739 | 8,388 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Kelefe (84) may also be a first name.
Kelefe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kelefe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kelefe occurs more in Botswana more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kelefe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,394,033rd most frequently held family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 113,867,905 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kelefe are found; 81 percent are found in Southern Africa and 81 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Kelefe is also the 1,046,220th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, held by 84 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Botswana, where it is held by 50 people, or 1 in 43,739. Aside from Botswana this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Ethiopia, where 14 percent live and Cameroon, where 3 percent live.
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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 Kelefe
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