Kelekai Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Kelekai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 33 | 1:247,082 | 33,879 |
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Kelekai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kelekai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kelekai is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kelekai? popularity and diffusion
Kelekai is the 2,746,821st most frequent surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. The surname Kelekai occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 66 percent of Kelekai are found; 66 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 66 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.
The surname Kelekai is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 33 people, or 1 in 247,082. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Southern Highlands, where 76 percent are found, Western, where 18 percent are found and East New Britain, where 3 percent are found. Apart from Papua New Guinea it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 32 percent are found and Liberia, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Kelekai
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