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 surname 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 last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kelema? popularity and diffusion
Kelema is the 58,656th most prevalent last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 846,110 people. The surname Kelema is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Kelema are found; 62 percent are found in East Africa and 62 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. Kelema is also the 384,758th most common first name on earth, held by 488 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Ethiopia, where it is held by 5,312 people, or 1 in 18,363. Excluding Ethiopia Kelema exists in 15 countries. It is also found in Mali, where 22 percent live and The DR Congo, where 9 percent live.
Kelema Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Kelema last name 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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