Kleye Surname
Approximately 140 people bear this surname
Kleye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 76 | 1:1,059,282 | 71,604 |
| Brazil | 31 | 1:6,905,624 | 162,221 |
| Benin | 13 | 1:795,046 | 42,452 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Kleye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kleye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kleye has its highest incidence in Germany. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kleye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,497,948th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 52,053,899 people. Kleye occurs mostly in Europe, where 60 percent of Kleye are found; 55 percent are found in Western Europe and 55 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
Kleye is most widespread in Germany, where it is held by 76 people, or 1 in 1,059,282. In Germany it is most frequent in: Brandenburg, where 46 percent live, Berlin, where 13 percent live and Saxony-Anhalt, where 12 percent live. Other than Germany this surname is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 22 percent live and Benin, where 9 percent live.
Kleye Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Kleye has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Kleye surname decreased 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Kleye
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