Kpelie Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Kpelie Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kpelie Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia61:734,75629,369
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742

Kpelie (31) may also be a first name.

Kpelie Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kpelie Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Kpelie is held by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kpelie? popularity and diffusion

Kpelie is the 7,117,718th most commonly held last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. Kpelie occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kpelie live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 31 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Liberia, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 734,756. In Liberia Kpelie is most prevalent in: Montserrado County, where 83 percent live and Lofa County, where 17 percent live. Barring Liberia it occurs in one country. It is also common in Ghana, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kpelyie921/
Kpeli913,632/
Kpele911,293/
Kpiele83613/
Kpelai83331/
Kpeleh8384/
Kpelee8359/
Kpeule8349/
Kpolie8335/
Kpalie8328/
Kppeli837/
Kpeale832/
Kpelia831/
Kpeele831/
Kpelye831/
Kpeleya77161/
Kpollie7719/
Kpeleye7719/
Kpallie7716/
Kpeleyi7710/
Kpelayi776/
Kpolije771/
Kpeleyo771/
Kpalieh771/
Kpelehi771/
Kpelaye771/
Kpelaia771/
Kpoeleh771/
Kpela731,408/
Kpali73383/
Kpoli73158/
Kpili73147/
Kpely7314/
Gpele731/
Kpeleyaï714/
Kpelou672,005/
Kpalee6770/
Kpeela6715/
Kpalai679/
Kpolee676/
Kppili673/
Kpolai673/
Kpilia671/
Kpoili671/
Kpalei671/
Kpalli671/
Kpeala671/
Kpelay671/
Kpolyi671/
Khpoli671/
Kpolli671/

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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 Kpelie
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