Kelewa Surname
Approximately 254 people bear this surname
Kelewa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 171 | 1:432,044 | 35,878 |
| Papua New Guinea | 56 | 1:145,602 | 20,089 |
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Kelewa (22) may also be a first name.
Kelewa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kelewa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kelewa is found most in The DR Congo. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kelewa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kelewa is the 1,003,904th most common family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 28,691,126 people. Kelewa is primarily found in Africa, where 76 percent of Kelewa reside; 67 percent reside in Central Africa and 67 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most frequent first name throughout the world, borne by 22 people.
The last name Kelewa is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 171 people, or 1 in 432,044. Apart from The DR Congo this last name is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 22 percent are found and Cameroon, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Kelewa
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