Amenele Surname

1,817,111th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 103 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Amenele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Amenele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon1021:203,61820,947
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Amenele Last Name Facts

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

The last name Amenele has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Amenele? popularity and diffusion

Amenele is the 1,817,111th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 70,752,873 people. Amenele is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Amenele reside; 99 percent reside in Central Africa and 99 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.

It is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 102 people, or 1 in 203,618. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: South Region, where 75 percent reside, Centre Region, where 24 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 1 percent reside. Outside of Cameroon it exists in one country. It is also found in Kenya, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Amengele9311/
Amanele8610/
Amengel868/
Aminele862/
Omenele861/
Emenele861/
Omengele803/
Aminela714/
Aminale714/
Emenole714/
Amanile714/
Emenile713/
Omenale713/
Amanyle711/
Emanele711/
Omonele711/
Emenale711/
Aminieli67675/
Aminiely67189/
Amanieli67155/
Emaneile672/
Emanoele672/
Emaniele671/
Amanoile671/
Amoniely671/
Emenilee671/
Ameenali671/
Hamanale671/
Emannele671/
Osmeneli671/
Amanoleh671/

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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 Amenele
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