Banyele Surname

783,439th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 361 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Banyele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Banyele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo3491:211,68920,903
Zimbabwe61:2,573,040106,478
Cameroon41:5,192,267135,173
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Banyele Last Name Facts

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

Banyele occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Banyele? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 783,439th most common last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 20,187,108 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Banyele reside; 98 percent reside in Central Africa and 98 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.

It is most frequently used in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 349 people, or 1 in 211,689. Excluding The DR Congo this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 2 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 percent live.

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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 Banyele
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