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 found most frequently in Lesotho. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Veleme? popularity and diffusion
Veleme is the 3,274,477th most commonly used surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Veleme live; 75 percent live in Southern Africa and 75 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Veleme is also the 3,306,491st most frequently occurring forename world-wide It is held by 12 people.
The last name Veleme is most frequently used in Lesotho, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 75,280. In Lesotho it is most common in: Butha-Buthe District, where 96 percent are found and Quthing District, where 4 percent are found. Apart from Lesotho this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 14 percent are found and Brazil, where 6 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 Veleme
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