Kellah Surname
Approximately 1,519 people bear this surname
Kellah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 1,357 | 1:56,583 | 6,172 |
| Indonesia | 78 | 1:1,695,502 | 110,645 |
| Benin | 20 | 1:516,780 | 33,864 |
| Liberia | 17 | 1:259,326 | 15,766 |
| Zimbabwe | 14 | 1:1,102,731 | 66,551 |
| Mauritania | 5 | 1:818,973 | 23,459 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Sierra Leone | 4 | 1:1,772,408 | 958 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Kellah (42) may also be a first name.
Kellah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kellah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kellah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻼﻩ) is carried by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kellah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 258,906th most prevalent surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 4,797,594 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 95 percent of Kellah live; 89 percent live in South Asia and 89 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Kellah is also the 1,566,439th most frequently used first name internationally. It is borne by 42 people.
The last name is most numerous in Iran, where it is held by 1,357 people, or 1 in 56,583. In Iran Kellah is primarily found in: Kermanshah Province, where 49 percent are found, Tehran Province, where 12 percent are found and Khuzestan Province, where 9 percent are found. Without taking into account Iran this last name exists in 17 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 5 percent are found and Benin, where 1 percent are found.
Kellah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Kellah has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kellah surname grew 133 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kellah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kellah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻼﻩ | klah | 66.67 |
| ﻗﻼﻩ | qlah | 33.33 |
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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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- 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 Kellah
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