Kiteleja Surname
Approximately 337 people bear this surname
Kiteleja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 336 | 1:157,564 | 14,138 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kiteleja (18) may also be a first name.
Kiteleja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kiteleja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kiteleja is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kiteleja? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kiteleja is the 823,466th most commonly held surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 21,624,765 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kiteleja reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 18 people.
The last name Kiteleja is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 336 people, or 1 in 157,564. In Tanzania Kiteleja is most prevalent in: Mwanza Region, where 49 percent are found, Simiyu Region, where 48 percent are found and Geita Region, where 3 percent are found. Aside from Tanzania this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kitelejo | 88 | 1 | / |
| Kiteley | 80 | 773 | / |
| Kitelai | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kitelye | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kitelay | 80 | 0 | / |
| Kitelaus | 75 | 0 | / |
| Kitiley | 67 | 5 | / |
| Keteley | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ketelie | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ketelei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kitilai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ketteley | 63 | 24 | / |
| Kettelie | 63 | 8 | / |
| Kettelye | 63 | 2 | / |
| Kethelei | 63 | 1 | / |
| Keateley | 63 | 0 | / |
| Keyteley | 63 | 0 | / |
| Khitoilay | 59 | 13 | / |
| Kethelley | 59 | 1 | / |
| Ketelhaut | 59 | 1 | / |
| Kheteliya | 59 | 1 | / |
| Kitilue | 53 | 142 | / |
| Kitilou | 53 | 5 | / |
| Ketyley | 53 | 1 | / |
| Ketylei | 53 | 1 | / |
| Khetilay | 50 | 22 | / |
| Kittilue | 50 | 8 | / |
| Kethylei | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Kiteleja
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