Chingwele Surname
Approximately 362 people bear this surname
Chingwele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 353 | 1:44,901 | 4,336 |
| Tanzania | 8 | 1:6,617,702 | 68,742 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Chingwele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chingwele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chingwele is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Chingwele.
How Common Is The Last Name Chingwele? popularity and diffusion
Chingwele is the 781,947th most commonly occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 20,131,342 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chingwele are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
Chingwele is most commonly occurring in Zambia, where it is held by 353 people, or 1 in 44,901. In Zambia it is most numerous in: Lusaka Province, where 49 percent are found, Central Province, where 32 percent are found and Southern Province, where 8 percent are found. Aside from Zambia this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 2 percent are found and Iceland, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tchingwele | 95 | 1 | / |
| Ching'wele | 95 | 1 | / |
| Chingwel | 94 | 499 | / |
| Chingwle | 94 | 1 | / |
| Chingwile | 89 | 455 | / |
| Shingwele | 89 | 117 | / |
| Chingwale | 89 | 50 | / |
| Chinkwele | 89 | 7 | / |
| Chinguele | 89 | 1 | / |
| Chingwela | 89 | 1 | / |
| Tshingwele | 84 | 48 | / |
| Tchingbele | 84 | 28 | / |
| Chingwaale | 84 | 4 | / |
| Tchinguele | 84 | 2 | / |
| Chingouele | 84 | 1 | / |
| Kingwele | 82 | 154 | / |
| Singwele | 82 | 149 | / |
| Hinguele | 82 | 1 | / |
| Chinguile | 78 | 2,506 | / |
| Tshingwel | 78 | 479 | / |
| Chingwali | 78 | 280 | / |
| Chenguele | 78 | 3 | / |
| Heinguele | 78 | 2 | / |
| Chingwili | 78 | 1 | / |
| Tchenguele | 74 | 2 | / |
| Chingw'ali | 74 | 1 | / |
| Kingwesley | 74 | 1 | / |
| Kinguele | 71 | 14 | / |
| Singuele | 71 | 3 | / |
| Jinguele | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kengwele | 71 | 1 | / |
| Zingbele | 71 | 1 | / |
| Singbele | 71 | 1 | / |
| Singwela | 71 | 1 | / |
| Zinqwele | 71 | 1 | / |
| Quinguele | 67 | 4 | / |
| Schenkweiler | 67 | 2 | / |
| Chincuile | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tsinguele | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kingouele | 67 | 1 | / |
| King'weli | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chinguali | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hingville | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Chingwele
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