Kelefu Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Kelefu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Kelefu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kelefu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kelefu is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kelefu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,602,217th most widely held surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. The surname Kelefu is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kelefu are found; 90 percent are found in West Africa and 90 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Kelefu is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 6,560,843. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 96 percent live and Nasarawa, where 4 percent live. Not including Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 7 percent live and The DR Congo, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kelefou | 92 | 4 | / |
| Khelefu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Kilefu | 83 | 171 | / |
| Kalefu | 83 | 52 | / |
| Kelafu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Khalefu | 77 | 8 | / |
| Kelephu | 77 | 6 | / |
| Kaleefu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Khelephu | 71 | 2 | / |
| Khelifui | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kalafu | 67 | 206 | / |
| Kilafu | 67 | 104 | / |
| Kolofu | 67 | 57 | / |
| Kalifu | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kalofu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chilefu | 62 | 80 | / |
| Khalafu | 62 | 6 | / |
| Khalifu | 62 | 6 | / |
| Kilifou | 62 | 1 | / |
| Kalephu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Khalephu | 57 | 4 | / |
| Khalafou | 57 | 3 | / |
| Khalafouh | 53 | 1 | / |
| Califu | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Kelefu
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