Kelye Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Kelye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kelye (77) may also be a first name.
Kelye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kelye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kelye is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kelye? popularity and diffusion
Kelye is the 8,193,072nd most commonly used family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname Kelye is mostly found in Africa, where 40 percent of Kelye live; 40 percent live in Central Africa and 40 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,100,117th most prevalent first name globally, held by 77 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon Kelye is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 50 percent live and Littoral Region, where 50 percent live. Barring Cameroon this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 20 percent live and Northern Cyprus, where 20 percent live.
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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 Kelye
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