Kelesa Surname
Approximately 101 people bear this surname
Kelesa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 69 | 1:118,170 | 16,048 |
| Indonesia | 26 | 1:5,086,507 | 239,866 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
Kelesa (57) may also be a first name.
Kelesa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kelesa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kelesa is found most in Papua New Guinea. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kelesa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,839,022nd most commonly occurring surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 72,153,920 people. The surname is predominantly found in Oceania, where 68 percent of Kelesa are found; 68 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 68 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,308,380th most commonly occurring first name worldwide It is held by 57 people.
The surname Kelesa is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 69 people, or 1 in 118,170. In Papua New Guinea Kelesa is most prevalent in: East New Britain, where 64 percent live, Chimbu, where 22 percent live and Gulf, where 10 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 26 percent live and The DR Congo, where 4 percent live.
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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 Kelesa
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