Kelya Surname
Approximately 397 people bear this surname
Kelya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 153 | 1:346,024 | 25,597 |
| Papua New Guinea | 65 | 1:125,442 | 17,113 |
| Russia | 55 | 1:2,620,419 | 149,158 |
| India | 39 | 1:19,668,343 | 291,059 |
| Cameroon | 32 | 1:649,033 | 48,340 |
| Benin | 19 | 1:543,979 | 34,804 |
| Moldova | 14 | 1:254,383 | 22,033 |
| Bulgaria | 5 | 1:1,395,781 | 41,665 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
The alternate forms: Kélya (1) are calculated separately.
Kelya (373) may also be a first name.
Kelya Demographics
Kelya Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Kelya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kelya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kelya (Hindi: केल्या, Marathi: केलया, Russian: Келя) is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can be found as: Kélya. Click here to see other potential spellings of Kelya.
How Common Is The Last Name Kelya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 730,373rd most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 18,356,539 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 53 percent of Kelya reside; 40 percent reside in East Africa and 40 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Kelya is also the 449,413th most prevalent first name worldwide, borne by 373 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 153 people, or 1 in 346,024. In Tanzania Kelya is most numerous in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 45 percent reside, Kilimanjaro Region, where 42 percent reside and Arusha Region, where 3 percent reside. Besides Tanzania Kelya exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 16 percent reside and Russia, where 14 percent reside.
Kelya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Kelya surname is chiefly Orthodox (100%) in Russia.
In The United States those bearing the Kelya surname are 24.66% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than The US average, with 71.43% registered with the political party.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kelya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kelya in the Marathi language | ||
| केलया | kelaya | - |
| Kelya in the Hindi language | ||
| केल्या | kelya | 97.67 |
| केलया | kelaya | 2.33 |
| Kelya in the Russian language | ||
| Келя | kela | - |
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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 Kelya
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