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 is more frequently found in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kelema? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 58,656th most frequently held last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 846,110 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Kelema reside; 62 percent reside in East Africa and 62 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 384,758th most widely held given name throughout the world. It is borne by 488 people.
It is most frequently held in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 5,312 people, or 1 in 18,363. Excluding Ethiopia Kelema exists in 15 countries. It also occurs 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 Kelema surname is chiefly 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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