Bulengela Surname

761,666th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 375 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Bulengela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bulengela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania3741:141,55512,992
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155

Bulengela (235) may also be a first name.

Bulengela Last Name Facts

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

Bulengela occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Bulengela? popularity and diffusion

It is the 761,666th most common family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 19,433,456 people. The last name Bulengela occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bulengela live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 584,346th most widely held forename throughout the world, borne by 235 people.

This surname is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is carried by 374 people, or 1 in 141,555. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Simiyu Region, where 95 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 2 percent live and Mwanza Region, where 1 percent live. Excluding Tanzania this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Denmark, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bolengela89446/
Bulengele8941/
Bolingela78212/
Bolengele7821/
Bolengeli784/
Bullingala741/
Bolengilia741/
Boulgaila671/
Vullgila591/
Volingila561/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Bulengela
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