Yelele Surname

2,061,309th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 83 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Congo

Yelele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yelele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo481:1,539,15886,567
Uganda181:2,168,84967,754
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
Congo51:997,81917,129
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Yelele (14) may also be a first name.

Yelele Last Name Facts

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

Yelele (Marathi: येळेले) is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yelele? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,061,309th most prevalent family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 87,801,758 people. The surname Yelele occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Yelele are found; 64 percent are found in Central Africa and 64 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most frequently occurring first name on earth, held by 14 people.

The last name Yelele is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is held by 48 people, or 1 in 1,539,158. Apart from The DR Congo Yelele occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 22 percent live and Nigeria, where 7 percent live.

Yelele Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Yelele last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oyelele9218/
Iyelele924/
Yelelep921/
Yeliele921/
Yeleleh921/
Elele912,684/
Ellele83346/
Yelale83325/
Yelgel83187/
Jelele8372/
Elelei8356/
Yelela8333/
Eleile8332/
Gelele8313/
Eleele834/
Eleyle832/
Yelile832/
Elelee832/
Elelea832/
Yelole831/
Aylele831/
Ihelele77252/
Yellela77130/
Gaelele7741/
Ojelele7739/
Yellale7734/
Jelelep7734/
Geleleh778/
Iyalele777/
Ealelei775/
Eislele774/
Ajelele773/
Ujelele772/
Eleille771/
Yetleli771/
Yelalle771/
Iyelela771/
Iyeleli771/
Heilele771/
Yeleela771/
Geleile771/
Ejalele771/
Ele'ele771/
Jealele771/
Ayolele771/
Goelele771/
Euleles771/
Elleley770/
Eleli73703/
Elile7354/
Elely7324/
Eleil7310/
Eleal735/
Elelj732/
Eleyl731/
Elgel731/
Elyle730/
Yelliler7162/
Yelleila714/
Yelailed711/
Ayalelei711/
Eileilei711/
Aiyelale711/
Ugielele711/
Ellyle67660/
Elleil67186/
Elealy67122/
Aulele67101/
Jelile67100/
Aleale6760/
Ailele6745/
Ileile6730/
Jelale6727/
Jelela6726/
Elaile6719/
Yelgil6713/
Oulele679/
Aleile677/
Elayle676/
Ujlele676/
Jeleli675/
Geleil674/
Ellely674/
Gelile674/
Elleli674/
Elheli674/
Elelyi673/
Eleily672/
Elleyl672/
Jeleil672/
Geleli672/
Ieleli671/
Eleill671/
Ehleil671/
Eleyli671/
Elhell671/
Eloile671/
Aleyle671/
Eleili671/
Eleali671/
Jelely671/
Elelai671/
Elheel671/
Elelio671/
Elihle671/
Yelili671/
Yelali671/
Elhely671/
Ealely670/
Eilela670/

Yelele Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yelele in the Marathi language
येळेलेyelele-

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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 Yelele
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