Veleme Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Veleme Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 27 | 1:75,280 | 9,683 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
Veleme (12) may also be a first name.
Veleme Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Veleme Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Veleme is carried by more people in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Veleme.
How Common Is The Last Name Veleme? popularity and diffusion
The last name Veleme is the 3,274,477th most frequent last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Veleme are found; 75 percent are found in Southern Africa and 75 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most widespread first name world-wide, held by 12 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Lesotho, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 75,280. In Lesotho it is primarily concentrated in: Butha-Buthe District, where 96 percent live and Quthing District, where 4 percent live. Apart from Lesotho it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 14 percent live and Brazil, where 6 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 Veleme
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