Kelekele Surname
Approximately 700 people bear this surname
Kelekele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 623 | 1:118,587 | 12,916 |
| Nigeria | 28 | 1:6,326,527 | 151,186 |
| Papua New Guinea | 19 | 1:429,143 | 55,452 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
Kelekele (175) may also be a first name.
Kelekele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kelekele Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kelekele is carried by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Kelekele.
How Common Is The Last Name Kelekele? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 477,400th most frequently used family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,410,780 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Kelekele live; 89 percent live in Central Africa and 89 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 690,096th most commonly occurring forename globally, held by 175 people.
It is most frequently held in The DR Congo, where it is held by 623 people, or 1 in 118,587. Besides The DR Congo this last name exists in 17 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 4 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Koelekoele | 89 | 1 | / |
| Kelehkeleh | 89 | 1 | / |
| Kelekela | 88 | 4 | / |
| Kalekele | 88 | 4 | / |
| Kelekile | 88 | 2 | / |
| Kolekele | 88 | 1 | / |
| Kilekele | 88 | 1 | / |
| Kieliekielie | 80 | 6 | / |
| Khelekhale | 78 | 1 | / |
| Kalekale | 75 | 209 | / |
| Kolekole | 75 | 60 | / |
| Kelikeli | 75 | 29 | / |
| Kilekile | 75 | 14 | / |
| Qeleqele | 75 | 9 | / |
| Kelakeli | 75 | 8 | / |
| Celecele | 75 | 4 | / |
| Kylekyle | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kilekhel | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kelekila | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kolekile | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kelikile | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kolliekelie | 74 | 1 | / |
| Kolekoley | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kholekile | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chelechele | 67 | 333 | / |
| Kholekhole | 67 | 2 | / |
| Qheleqhele | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gqelegqele | 67 | 1 | / |
| K'Holekile | 67 | 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 Kelekele
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