Keleve Surname

685,266th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 433 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Keleve Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Keleve Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana2771:97,5489,187
Nigeria1221:1,451,99055,913
Papua New Guinea141:582,40870,330
Solomon Islands71:82,86115,196
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Cameroon41:5,192,267135,173
Benin21:5,167,80184,334
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Keleve (24) may also be a first name.

Keleve Last Name Facts

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

The surname Keleve (Russian: Келевье) occurs more in Ghana more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Keleve click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Keleve? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 685,266th most widespread last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 16,830,360 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Keleve are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,187,323rd most common first name in the world, held by 24 people.

The surname Keleve is most commonly occurring in Ghana, where it is borne by 277 people, or 1 in 97,548. Besides Ghana this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 28 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Keuleve924/
Gkeleve921/
Kelevez921/
Kgeleve921/
Keeleve921/
Keleveh921/
Kelgeve920/
Kaleve83474/
Kelewe8361/
Kelevi837/
Kileve834/
Kyleve834/
Kelave834/
Kelove833/
Celeve832/
Kelive832/
Keleeva7770/
Kelewei7746/
Khelive7722/
Kelevéz7713/
Kelavey775/
Khelave774/
Kilever774/
Kalevea773/
Kielewe772/
Kelevis771/
Keleibe771/
Keleiwe771/
Kylever771/
Kelewed771/
Kelewey771/
Cheleve771/
Kelevyz771/
Kilaeve770/
Kelevich7112/
Quelever7112/
Keylewer715/
Kelevych714/
Kelehoue711/
Kelejoue711/
Khaleive711/
Kheleiva711/
Kheleeva711/
Kileavey710/
Kohlevey710/
Kilave672,226/
Kolove67395/
Kalave67381/
Kelewa67254/
Kalive67248/
Kolave67182/
Kalewe67168/
Kalevi67152/
Kolevi67127/
Kolewe6776/
Kelivi6760/
Kelavi6719/
Keliva6719/
Keileweit6717/
Kilewe6717/
Kilove6713/
Kalove6712/
Kolive6711/
Keijlewer6710/
Keliwe675/
Celevy673/
Celevi673/
Caleve672/
Kelawe672/
Kelowe671/
Khelevich671/
Queulevee671/
Kilevi671/
Qelebe671/
Kilevy671/
Kolevy670/

Keleve Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Keleve in the Russian language
Келевьеkeleve-

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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 Keleve
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