Kele is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, England. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Kele
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Ireland, England
Meaning:

Kele is a variant of Kell. l. Formerly written Cail, and said by the family to be derived from Cailly in Normandy. In modern times, some Christianized Jews have changed their names from Ezekiel to Kell. 2. A nickname of Charles - Carl, Karl, Kell. Hence the derivatives Kelson, and Kellie.

How popular is Kele?

Kele is common in DR Congo, India, South Africa, Hungary, Papua New Guinea, Nigeria, Turkey, Lesotho, Benin, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Congo, Romania, United States.

Kele is ranked 48038 on our list.

Kele is quite popular family name mostly used in DR Congo however Hungary is ahead in terms of density. Around 10755 people have been found who wears Kele as their family name. Kele is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Kele:
4,429 DR Congo2,066
23,274 India1,702
4,696 South Africa1,480
796 Hungary1,473
Countries with hundreds of Kele:
783 Papua New Guinea849
20,834 Nigeria447
15,711 Turkey355
1,672 Lesotho266
5,358 Benin248
10,694 Cameroon234
6,268 Ivory Coast179
3,102 Congo165
16,836 Romania124
200,415 United States101
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
6,503 Serbia97
25,587 Uganda94
1,237 Solomon Islands75
15,428 Slovakia67
8,823 Niger66
5,544 Burkina Faso57
7,636 Botswana55
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
43,545 Australia44
173,812 Indonesia42
179,721 Russia41
149,911 France41
148,803 Brazil35
9,372 Albania31
140,707 Germany27
3,117 Angola25
51,393 Czechia22
16,331 Liberia16
63,831 Zimbabwe15
6,224 Kosovo14
14,761 Ireland13
132,302 England13
73,966 Belgium12
55,358 Tanzania11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
14,894 Taiwan10
7,955 China9
28,721 Moldova9
168,491 Argentina8
102,017 Sweden7
68,299 Israel7
146,768 Poland7
303,897 Ukraine7
94,797 Netherlands7
40,014 New Zealand7
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

21 years old farmer Edouard Kele who was residing in Bavaria migrated to USA on September 28, 1853 by Ravenswood put out from Havre. 21 years old Edouard Kele, Farmer Anna-M. Kele, August Kele, aged 6, Henrich Kele, aged 11, Johan Kele, aged 44, 3 years old Ludvig Kele, Margretha Kele (44) Farmer, Moses Kele (18) Laborer, are other Kele that migrated to US from Havre, Bremen and Liverpool.

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