Kelema Surname
Approximately 8,613 people bear this surname
Kelema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 5,312 | 1:18,363 | 2,443 |
| Mali | 1,872 | 1:9,065 | 491 |
| DR Congo | 766 | 1:96,449 | 10,884 |
| Nigeria | 449 | 1:394,527 | 20,761 |
| Papua New Guinea | 110 | 1:74,125 | 9,709 |
| Solomon Islands | 55 | 1:10,546 | 1,849 |
| Liberia | 16 | 1:275,533 | 16,331 |
| Niger | 15 | 1:1,279,468 | 26,841 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Kelema (488) may also be a first name.
Kelema Demographics
Kelema Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Kelema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kelema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kelema occurs more in Ethiopia more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kelema? popularity and diffusion
It is the 58,656th most frequently occurring family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 846,110 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Kelema reside; 62 percent reside in East Africa and 62 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Kelema is also the 384,758th most prevalent first name at a global level. It is borne by 488 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 5,312 people, or 1 in 18,363. Without taking into account Ethiopia Kelema exists in 15 countries. It is also common in Mali, where 22 percent live and The DR Congo, where 9 percent live.
Kelema Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
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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 Kelema
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