Koleke Surname
Approximately 73 people bear this surname
Koleke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 46 | 1:44,186 | 7,268 |
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Koleke (13) may also be a first name.
Koleke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koleke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Koleke is borne by more people in Lesotho than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Koleke? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,220,661st most numerous surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 99,829,396 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Koleke reside; 68 percent reside in Southern Africa and 68 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most prevalent first name at a global level. It is borne by 13 people.
The last name Koleke is most widespread in Lesotho, where it is borne by 46 people, or 1 in 44,186. In Lesotho Koleke is most prevalent in: Thaba-Tseka District, where 57 percent are found, Qacha's Nek District, where 37 percent are found and Berea District, where 7 percent are found. Besides Lesotho Koleke exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 22 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Koleke
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