Kelv Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Kelv Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
Kelv (65) may also be a first name.
Kelv Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kelv Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kelv (Hindi: केलव) is more frequently found in India than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kelv? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 10,311,814th most common family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name Kelv occurs mostly in Asia, where 67 percent of Kelv are found; 33 percent are found in West Africa and 33 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,212,820th most widely held first name on earth. It is borne by 65 people.
It is most frequently occurring in India, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 767,065,382. In India it is primarily concentrated in: Maharashtra, where 100 percent reside. Barring India this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 33 percent reside and Taiwan, where 33 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kelv Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kelv in the Hindi language | ||
| केलव | kelava | - |
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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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- 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 Kelv
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