Kelten Surname

722,496th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 403 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Kelten Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kelten Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey3781:205,87714,997
Germany191:4,237,129172,669
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States381:1,321,54472,820

Kelten (19) may also be a first name.

Kelten Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kelten (Russian: Кэлтен) has its highest incidence in Turkey. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Kelten.

How Common Is The Last Name Kelten? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 722,496th most commonly used surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 18,083,240 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 93 percent of Kelten reside; 93 percent reside in West Asia and 93 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 2,523,061st most widely held first name internationally It is held by 19 people.

This last name is most numerous in Turkey, where it is held by 378 people, or 1 in 205,877. In Turkey Kelten is mostly found in: Antalya Province, where 41 percent live, Corum Province, where 16 percent live and Konya Province, where 12 percent live. Excluding Turkey this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 5 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Kelten Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Kelten has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kelten last name declined 92 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Külten8339/
Celten8327/
Keltin8310/
Kelltn831/
Kilten830/
Keltenova805/
Kletten7735/
Chelten7714/
Klethen773/
Khltent772/
Keltina771/
Källten771/
Keltinc771/
Keltink770/
Kletn732/
Kletteng7116/
Kletin6786/
Kiltin6743/
Kletyn673/
Kiltén673/
Cleten671/
Kclhtn671/
Celtin671/
Cilten670/

Kelten Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kelten in the Russian language
Кэлтенkelten-

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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 Kelten
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