Kelekay Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Kelekay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
Kelekay (1,157) may also be a first name.
Kelekay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kelekay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kelekay is found in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kelekay? popularity and diffusion
Kelekay is the 7,117,718th most widespread surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 57 percent of Kelekay reside; 57 percent reside in East Africa and 57 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Kelekay is also the 233,698th most common given name on earth, held by 1,157 people.
It is most prevalent in Ethiopia, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 24,386,566. Barring Ethiopia Kelekay occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 29 percent are found and Finland, where 14 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
- 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 Kelekay
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