Kelegbe Surname

3,185,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 38 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Ivory Coast

Kelegbe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kelegbe Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria231:7,701,859170,290
Ivory Coast151:1,538,08231,691

Kelegbe (35) may also be a first name.

Kelegbe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kelegbe Come From? nationality or country of origin

Kelegbe is found most in Nigeria. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kelegbe? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,185,033rd most commonly used last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 191,777,524 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Kelegbe live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 68 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,744,716th most commonly occurring forename at a global level It is held by 35 people.

Kelegbe is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 7,701,859. In Nigeria Kelegbe is most numerous in: Delta, where 48 percent live, Rivers, where 35 percent live and Ondo, where 13 percent live. Beside Nigeria it exists in one country. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 39 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Keulegbe93107/
Kelegbeu933/
Keulegbeu881/
Kelegba86292/
Kolegbe86107/
Kalegbe861/
Kelagbe861/
Kelaigbe808/
Koligbe7128/
Kilagbe7125/
Kalagbe7123/
Kaligbe7112/
Kolagbe7112/
Colegbe713/
Kologbe711/
Kiligbe711/
Kolaagbe671/
Kalaigbe671/
Caligbe571/
Kologbay5337/
Kalagboi533/
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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 Kelegbe
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