Vellemu Surname

1,649,806th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 121 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Vellemu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Vellemu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi1051:163,03916,499
South Africa121:4,514,809137,638
Namibia41:602,35012,421

Vellemu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Vellemu occurs more in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Vellemu? popularity and diffusion

Vellemu is the 1,649,806th most commonly held last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 60,227,652 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Vellemu are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most widespread in Malawi, where it is borne by 105 people, or 1 in 163,039. Barring Malawi Vellemu occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 10 percent live and Namibia, where 3 percent live.

Vellemu Last Name Statistics demography

Vellemu earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 66.5% less than the national average, earning R 79,620 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wellemu86231/
Bellemu866/
Villemu861/
Bellemou801,451/
Villemus80137/
Villemaux7523/
Villemaud754/
Bellemaus751/
Wellamu7144/
Villamu717/
Bllemou711/
Blemu677/
Veggilmu673/
Bellemoe672/
Villimus671/
Bellemmouch671/
Wlemu671/
Flemu671/

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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 Vellemu
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