Vellah Surname
Approximately 129 people bear this surname
Vellah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 61 | 1:253,086 | 27,132 |
| Kenya | 36 | 1:1,282,775 | 35,275 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Mauritania | 4 | 1:1,023,716 | 25,172 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Vellah (1,293) may also be a first name.
Vellah Demographics
Vellah Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Vellah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vellah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Vellah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﻠﺢ) occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vellah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,581,912th most common last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 56,492,604 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 88 percent of Vellah reside; 57 percent reside in Southern Africa and 57 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 218,980th most common first name globally It is held by 1,293 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 61 people, or 1 in 253,086. In Zimbabwe it is most common in: Harare Province, where 34 percent reside, Bulawayo Province, where 33 percent reside and Matabeleland South Province, where 30 percent reside. Aside from Zimbabwe it exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 28 percent reside and England, where 5 percent reside.
Vellah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vellah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vellah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﻠﺢ | flh | 85.71 |
| ﺍﻟﻔﺎﻟﺢ | alfalh | 14.29 |
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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 Vellah
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