Keli Surname
Approximately 9,419 people bear this surname
Keli Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 4,293 | 1:10,757 | 1,362 |
| Ivory Coast | 1,025 | 1:22,509 | 1,635 |
| Indonesia | 813 | 1:162,668 | 15,860 |
| South Africa | 628 | 1:86,270 | 10,613 |
| India | 588 | 1:1,304,533 | 51,151 |
| DR Congo | 280 | 1:263,856 | 24,810 |
| Albania | 187 | 1:15,583 | 2,777 |
| Taiwan | 172 | 1:136,307 | 1,224 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| Cameroon | 158 | 1:131,450 | 14,816 |
| Malaysia | 157 | 1:187,861 | 11,202 |
| Papua New Guinea | 128 | 1:63,701 | 8,267 |
| China | 88 | 1:15,537,745 | 908 |
| Solomon Islands | 72 | 1:8,056 | 1,292 |
| Brazil | 70 | 1:3,058,205 | 88,974 |
| France | 61 | 1:1,088,897 | 118,069 |
| United States | 58 | 1:6,249,292 | 299,206 |
| Nigeria | 57 | 1:3,107,768 | 95,628 |
| Benin | 56 | 1:184,564 | 17,920 |
| Turkey | 50 | 1:1,556,428 | 59,823 |
| Greece | 33 | 1:335,751 | 47,626 |
| Cyprus | 24 | 1:36,870 | 4,052 |
| Bulgaria | 15 | 1:465,260 | 20,978 |
| Curaçao | 14 | 1:11,232 | 389 |
| Algeria | 14 | 1:2,759,396 | 44,963 |
| Norway | 13 | 1:395,560 | 35,657 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Colombia | 12 | 1:3,981,173 | 16,511 |
| Philippines | 11 | 1:9,203,475 | 207,772 |
| Russia | 11 | 1:13,102,096 | 377,010 |
| Belgium | 11 | 1:1,045,149 | 78,166 |
| Niger | 11 | 1:1,744,729 | 34,351 |
| Fiji | 9 | 1:99,377 | 1,883 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Iran | 9 | 1:8,531,392 | 160,212 |
| Australia | 9 | 1:2,999,522 | 116,751 |
| American Samoa | 8 | 1:6,970 | 1,431 |
| Italy | 6 | 1:10,192,781 | 121,657 |
| Burkina Faso | 5 | 1:3,670,420 | 19,318 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Georgia | 5 | 1:749,109 | 21,598 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Tuvalu | 1 | 1:11,188 | 103 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Somaliland | 1 | 1:3,500,182 | 1,592 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
The alternate forms: Kéli (1) are calculated separately.
Keli (59,774) may also be a first name.
Keli Demographics
Average Keli Salary in
United States
$39,316 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Keli Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Keli Come From? nationality or country of origin
Keli (Georgian: კელი, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻠﻲ, Hindi: केली, Marathi: केळी, Oriya: େକଳି, Russian: Кели) is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as: Kéli. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Keli? popularity and diffusion
It is the 54,101st most commonly used family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 773,707 people. The last name Keli is predominantly found in Africa, where 69 percent of Keli live; 46 percent live in East Africa and 45 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Keli is also the 15,901st most frequently occurring forename throughout the world, borne by 59,774 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is held by 4,293 people, or 1 in 10,757. In Kenya it is most common in: Makueni County, where 53 percent live, Machakos County, where 25 percent live and Nairobi County, where 13 percent live. Without taking into account Kenya this last name exists in 73 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 11 percent live and Indonesia, where 9 percent live.
Keli Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Keli has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Keli surname grew 967 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Keli Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Keli last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Keli surname are 3.91% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 57.14% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Keli earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 38.92% less than the national average, earning 211,370 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 55.59% less than the national average, earning R 105,528 per year; in Colombia they earn 7.69% more than the national average, earning $24,447,200 COP per year and in United States they earn 8.88% less than the national average, earning $39,316 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Keli Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Keli in the Georgian language | ||
| კელი | keli | - |
| Keli in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻠﻲ | kly | - |
| Keli in the Hindi language | ||
| केली | keli | 99.91 |
| केलि | keli | 0.05 |
| केेली | keeli | 0.02 |
| क़ेली | qeli | 0.01 |
| ढेली | dheli | 0.01 |
| Keli in the Oriya language | ||
| େକଳି | ekali | 84.13 |
| େକଳୀ | ekali | 6.86 |
| େକଲି | ekali | 5.95 |
| େକଳିାଇଁ | ekalia'im | 2.21 |
| େକଲୀ | ekali | 0.46 |
| େଦଇ | eda'i | 0.08 |
| Keli in the Marathi language | ||
| केळी | keli | 42.76 |
| केली | keli | 24.83 |
| कोेळी | koeli | 20 |
| काेळी | kaeli | 12.41 |
| Keli in the Russian language | ||
| Кели | keli | - |
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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 Keli
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