Kelemen Surname

19,136th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28,728 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Kelemen Surname User-submission:

Historically, the word, clemens, meant 'kind', 'gentle', or 'quiet'. It became the Clemens name which is widespread and has become popular in Christianity. Then it evolved into Clementinus, which means 'belonging to Clemens'. In the Hungarian language, the Latin suffix -s is lost and an e interposed.

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Kelemen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hungary16,6541:58948
Romania5,6261:3,569489
United States1,8091:200,36419,707
Slovakia8311:6,422585
Ukraine7871:57,8438,348
Serbia6031:11,8491,413
Canada4561:80,8029,022
Croatia3641:11,6172,176
Austria2771:30,7424,948
Germany2701:298,16830,684
Australia1041:259,57423,725
England911:612,28636,401
Switzerland911:90,2529,968
Slovenia701:35,5386,805
Czechia701:151,90723,478
Sweden681:144,80510,193
France661:1,006,405112,047
Italy561:1,092,08472,109
Russia561:2,573,626147,394
Argentina521:821,98954,134
Turkey471:1,655,77562,151
Brazil331:6,487,101155,169
Netherlands301:562,90650,501
Spain261:1,798,15550,469
Papua New Guinea221:370,62448,900
Belgium201:574,83253,219
Ireland161:294,30910,207
Denmark141:403,19427,097
Finland131:422,82327,659
Indonesia131:10,173,015372,576
Uruguay111:311,97820,848
Venezuela91:3,356,00933,931
Poland71:5,429,821146,768
Philippines71:14,462,603238,248
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
China31:455,773,85521,925
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Liberia21:2,204,26840,131
North Macedonia21:1,050,73626,362
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776

The alternate forms: Kélémen (1) are calculated separately.

Kelemen (388) may also be a first name.

Kelemen Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Historically, the word, clemens, meant 'kind', 'gentle', or 'quiet'. It became the Clemens name which is widespread and has become popular in Christianity. Then it evolved into Clementinus, which means 'belonging to Clemens'. In the Hungarian language, the Latin suffix -s is lost and an e interposed. The Kelemen surname was the 47th most common family name in Hungary in 2014. There is a similar meaning for the foreign family name Clement (British) and Clement (French).

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Kelemen Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kelemen Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Kelemen (Oriya: େକେଲେମନ, Russian: Келемен) is more frequently found in Hungary than any other country or territory. It can occur as: Kélémen. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kelemen? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 19,136th most commonly held family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 253,674 people. The surname Kelemen occurs predominantly in Europe, where 91 percent of Kelemen are found; 84 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 58 percent are found in Hungaro-Europe. Kelemen is also the 439,750th most frequent forename at a global level It is held by 388 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Hungary, where it is borne by 16,654 people, or 1 in 589. In Hungary Kelemen is most common in: Budapest, where 18 percent are found, Pest County, where 11 percent are found and Heves County, where 7 percent are found. Aside from Hungary this last name exists in 61 countries. It also occurs in Romania, where 20 percent are found and The United States, where 6 percent are found.

Kelemen Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly Orthodox (94%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Kelemen last name are 3.1% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 50.13% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Kelemen earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 20.09% less than the national average, earning 276,567 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 78.01% less than the national average, earning R 52,260 per year; in United States they earn 17.81% more than the national average, earning $50,835 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.12% more than the national average, earning $51,728 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Keulemen9311/
Kelemenn934/
Kélémen901/
Kettlemen882/
Kölemen861,561/
Celemen86393/
Kelemin8655/
Kalemen8626/
Kolemen8621/
Kelamen867/
Keljmen865/
Kilemen861/
Kelimen861/
Kelemenová82865/
Kelemenova8263/
Chelemen80938/
Kelemina80158/
Kaleamen808/
Kelamenn805/
Celeimen801/
Kollemen801/
Ceilemen801/
Celemn773/
Keiliment751/
Kjølemoen751/
Celemin712,646/
Colemen71193/
Kalamen71184/
Celimen71129/
Kelimin7164/
Kalemin7143/
Kelamin7129/
Celemín7119/
Kolomen7111/
Kilimen7111/
Kelomin719/
Calemen717/
Kalimen714/
Kalomen711/
Kielamn711/
Kolimen711/
Kallemn711/
Khalemin6763/
Kallemyn6737/
Khalemyn6722/
Cehlimen672/
Chelemin671/
Kalemijn671/
Quelemin671/
Collemen671/
Colemien671/
Colemenn671/
Coleamen670/
Kahlamen670/

Kelemen Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kelemen in the Oriya language
େକେଲେମନekelemana-
Kelemen in the Russian language
Келеменkelemen-

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