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 last name Chingwele is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chingwele? popularity and diffusion
Chingwele is the 781,947th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 20,131,342 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chingwele live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is carried by 353 people, or 1 in 44,901. In Zambia Chingwele is mostly found in: Lusaka Province, where 49 percent reside, Central Province, where 32 percent reside and Southern Province, where 8 percent reside. Apart from Zambia this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 2 percent reside and Iceland, where 0 percent reside.
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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