Kellya Surname
Approximately 242 people bear this surname
Kellya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 232 | 1:228,197 | 18,918 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Kellya (133) may also be a first name.
Kellya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kellya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kellya (Russian: Келля) is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Kellya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kellya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,038,570th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 30,113,826 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Kellya live; 96 percent live in East Africa and 96 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 804,402nd most frequently used first name world-wide, held by 133 people.
The surname is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is held by 232 people, or 1 in 228,197. In Tanzania Kellya is most common in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 45 percent live, Arusha Region, where 28 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 24 percent live. Apart from Tanzania this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent live and Belarus, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kellya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kellya in the Russian language | ||
| Келля | kella | - |
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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 Kellya
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