Kelmen Surname

2,352,516th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 66 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Kosovo

Kelmen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kelmen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey491:1,588,19260,638
Kosovo81:232,7347,787
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kelmen (206) may also be a first name.

Kelmen Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kelmen (Russian: Кельмен) is carried by more people in Turkey than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kelmen? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kelmen is the 2,352,516th most commonly held family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 110,417,362 people. The surname Kelmen occurs mostly in Asia, where 76 percent of Kelmen reside; 76 percent reside in West Asia and 74 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 630,600th most frequently used first name at a global level, held by 206 people.

It is most frequently occurring in Turkey, where it is borne by 49 people, or 1 in 1,588,192. In Turkey it is mostly concentrated in: Izmir Province, where 98 percent live and Manisa Province, where 2 percent live. Excluding Turkey this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Kosovo, where 12 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kellmen921/
Kelmn910/
Kelmienė869/
Klemen831,702/
Kilmen83127/
Kelmin8337/
Celmen833/
Klmeen831/
Khlmen831/
Kellmn830/
Kelmenova801/
Klemmen7729/
Chelmen7711/
Kelmina777/
Klemoen777/
Khlmeen776/
Källmen771/
Klemenn770/
Klemn737/
Clmen732/
Klmhn731/
Klemienė7130/
Cheelmen711/
Clemen673,489/
Clment671,307/
Klemin67506/
Klemenova67165/
Celmin6742/
Cilmen6724/
Klemyn6723/
Klemenová6711/
Kilmin674/
Klmeem673/
Klemne672/
Klmint671/

Kelmen Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kelmen in the Russian language
Кельменkelmen-

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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 Kelmen
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