Kelja Surname
Approximately 49 people bear this surname
Kelja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 26 | 1:211,412 | 17,592 |
| Kosovo | 11 | 1:169,261 | 6,833 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Kelja (12) may also be a first name.
Kelja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kelja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kelja is held by more people in Finland than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kelja? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,776,799th most frequently used last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. Kelja occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Kelja are found; 73 percent are found in Northern Europe and 71 percent are found in Scandinavia. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequent first name world-wide, borne by 12 people.
This surname is most common in Finland, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 211,412. In Finland Kelja is primarily found in: Northern Ostrobothnia, where 65 percent live, Central Ostrobothnia, where 15 percent live and South Karelia, where 15 percent live. Apart from Finland Kelja exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Kosovo, where 22 percent live and Sweden, where 18 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Kelja
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