Kelkit Surname

638,206th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 477 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Kelkit Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kelkit Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey4541:171,41313,099
Papua New Guinea151:543,58166,712
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
France11:66,422,722504,397

Kelkit Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kelkit is found most frequently in Turkey. It may occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Kelkit.

How Common Is The Last Name Kelkit? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kelkit is the 638,206th most common surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 15,277,874 people. The last name Kelkit occurs predominantly in Asia, where 81 percent of Kelkit are found; 81 percent are found in West Asia and 81 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands.

Kelkit is most common in Turkey, where it is held by 454 people, or 1 in 171,413. In Turkey it is most common in: Istanbul Province, where 32 percent live, Sivas Province, where 18 percent live and Ankara Province, where 11 percent live. Without taking into account Turkey it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent live and Germany, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kilkit831/
Kilkite7715/
Kelquist711/
Klekyt6721/
Kellquist6715/
Cleckit620/
Kölquist572/
Källquist5348/
Köhlquist5315/
Celcid501/

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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 Kelkit
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