Kelle Surname
Approximately 7,326 people bear this surname
Kelle Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,960 | 1:41,074 | 5,401 |
| Turkey | 1,845 | 1:42,180 | 4,324 |
| Chad | 578 | 1:23,516 | 2,818 |
| Burkina Faso | 395 | 1:46,461 | 2,157 |
| United States | 372 | 1:974,352 | 72,340 |
| France | 349 | 1:190,323 | 29,635 |
| Cameroon | 321 | 1:64,701 | 8,219 |
| Niger | 237 | 1:80,979 | 3,512 |
| Kenya | 232 | 1:199,051 | 14,565 |
| Hungary | 177 | 1:55,459 | 5,848 |
| Nigeria | 146 | 1:1,213,307 | 48,905 |
| Latvia | 77 | 1:26,624 | 4,080 |
| Russia | 77 | 1:1,871,728 | 119,355 |
| Brazil | 72 | 1:2,973,255 | 87,092 |
| Congo | 62 | 1:80,469 | 6,914 |
| Estonia | 54 | 1:24,478 | 4,454 |
| Netherlands | 38 | 1:444,399 | 44,765 |
| Slovakia | 31 | 1:172,144 | 29,813 |
| Kazakhstan | 29 | 1:609,741 | 42,435 |
| Senegal | 26 | 1:560,744 | 2,305 |
| Argentina | 23 | 1:1,858,409 | 95,340 |
| Indonesia | 22 | 1:6,011,327 | 267,290 |
| Benin | 17 | 1:607,977 | 36,930 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| Liberia | 15 | 1:293,902 | 16,977 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| Venezuela | 12 | 1:2,517,006 | 28,211 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Czechia | 10 | 1:1,063,347 | 80,937 |
| Uganda | 10 | 1:3,903,928 | 93,934 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| Chile | 9 | 1:1,957,386 | 29,026 |
| Spain | 7 | 1:6,678,862 | 92,666 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Norway | 7 | 1:734,612 | 50,907 |
| Mauritania | 6 | 1:682,477 | 21,744 |
| Croatia | 6 | 1:704,767 | 44,411 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 82 | 1:612,423 | 40,920 |
The alternate forms: Kellé (29) & Ķelle (3) are calculated separately.
Kelle (9,402) may also be a first name.
Kelle Demographics
Kelle Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Kelle Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kelle Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kelle (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻠﻪ, Hindi: केल्ले, Russian: Келле) is most common in Germany. It may occur in the variant forms: Kellé or Ķelle. Click here for other potential spellings of Kelle.
How Common Is The Last Name Kelle? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kelle is the 67,867th most frequent family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 994,751 people. Kelle occurs mostly in Europe, where 42 percent of Kelle live; 32 percent live in Western Europe and 27 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 63,865th most commonly used given name in the world. It is borne by 9,402 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Germany, where it is carried by 1,960 people, or 1 in 41,074. In Germany Kelle is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 45 percent reside, Saxony-Anhalt, where 15 percent reside and Lower Saxony, where 11 percent reside. Excluding Germany this surname exists in 63 countries. It is also found in Turkey, where 25 percent reside and Chad, where 8 percent reside.
Kelle Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Kelle has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Kelle surname grew 454 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 533 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it grew 200 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Kelle Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Kelle last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland, Orthodox (75%) in Russia and Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Kelle last name are 20.44% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 67.21% being registered with the political party.
The amount Kelle earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 59.44% more than the national average, earning 551,784 kr per year; in United States they earn 4.1% less than the national average, earning $41,378 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.46% more than the national average, earning $59,848 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kelle Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kelle in the Hindi language | ||
| केल्ले | kelle | - |
| Kelle in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻠﻪ | klh | 76.47 |
| ﻛﻞ | kl | 8.82 |
| ﻛﻠﻲ | kly | 8.82 |
| ﻛﻠﺔ | klt | 2.94 |
| ﻛﻼ | kla | 2.94 |
| Kelle in the Russian language | ||
| Келле | kelle | - |
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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 Kelle
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