Keletus Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Keletus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Keletus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria91:19,682,529291,344
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Keletus (197) may also be a first name.

Keletus Last Name Facts

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

Keletus (Hindi: केलेतुस, Oriya: େକେଲତୁସ) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Keletus? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,812,366th most widespread surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 82 percent of Keletus reside; 82 percent reside in West Africa and 82 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Keletus is also the 646,152nd most commonly occurring forename internationally, held by 197 people.

The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 19,682,529. In Nigeria Keletus is mostly concentrated in: Rivers, where 33 percent live, Lagos, where 22 percent live and Ebonyi, where 11 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 9 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 9 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kaletus8618/
Celetus8615/
Kelitus866/
Kiletus862/
Kelatus861/
Kalitus7124/
Kilitus7114/
Coletus714/
Celitus713/
Kilatus711/
Caletus711/
Kalatus711/
Kolatus711/
Kalatush676/
Kilystus671/
Kalithus671/
Kollitus671/
Kallitus671/
Calietus670/
Kalitouss631/
Colitus5737/
Calitus5714/
Calatus573/
Callitus532/

Keletus Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Keletus in the Hindi language
केलेतुसkeletusa-
Keletus in the Oriya language
େକେଲତୁସekelatusa-

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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 Keletus
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