Kelekwa Surname
Approximately 33 people bear this surname
Kelekwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Kelekwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kelekwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kelekwa occurs most in The DR Congo. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Kelekwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Kelekwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,432,070th most frequent family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kelekwa reside; 82 percent reside in Central Africa and 82 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently used in The DR Congo, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 2,736,280. Besides The DR Congo Kelekwa is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 12 percent live and Nigeria, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kielekwa | 93 | 1 | / |
| Kalekwa | 86 | 4,021 | / |
| Kilekwa | 86 | 712 | / |
| Kelegwa | 86 | 158 | / |
| Kelekwe | 86 | 33 | / |
| Kolekwa | 86 | 2 | / |
| Khalekwa | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kaleekwa | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kyolekwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kalekwwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kilikwa | 71 | 390 | / |
| Kalokwa | 71 | 61 | / |
| Kalakwa | 71 | 54 | / |
| Kalikwa | 71 | 37 | / |
| Kilakwa | 71 | 10 | / |
| Kilokwa | 71 | 6 | / |
| Kalekua | 71 | 4 | / |
| Kalegwa | 71 | 3 | / |
| Kolikwa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kalecwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kalekuah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kilikwai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaalikwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kalakway | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaleegwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kholokwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kelikwiy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khalikwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khalakwa | 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 Kelekwa
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