Kelkel Surname
Approximately 397 people bear this surname
Kelkel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 309 | 1:260,535 | 27,919 |
| Papua New Guinea | 57 | 1:143,048 | 19,694 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Kelkel (32) may also be a first name.
Kelkel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kelkel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kelkel is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kelkel? popularity and diffusion
Kelkel is the 730,373rd most widely held surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,356,539 people. The surname Kelkel occurs predominantly in Europe, where 82 percent of Kelkel reside; 81 percent reside in Western Europe and 80 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Kelkel is also the 1,840,253rd most commonly used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 32 people.
This last name is most numerous in Germany, where it is held by 309 people, or 1 in 260,535. In Germany it is primarily found in: Saarland, where 87 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 4 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 4 percent live. Other than Germany it exists in 13 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 14 percent live and Switzerland, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Kelkel
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis