Kalengela Surname
Approximately 1,521 people bear this surname
Kalengela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 1,026 | 1:72,007 | 8,423 |
| Tanzania | 492 | 1:107,605 | 10,448 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Kalengela (27) may also be a first name.
Kalengela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kalengela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kalengela is more frequently found in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kalengela? popularity and diffusion
It is the 258,654th most widely held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 4,791,286 people. The last name Kalengela occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kalengela live; 67 percent live in Central Africa and 67 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most widely held first name throughout the world, held by 27 people.
This surname is most frequently used in The DR Congo, where it is held by 1,026 people, or 1 in 72,007. Apart from The DR Congo it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 32 percent live and Uganda, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kalengelea | 95 | 79 | / |
| Kalengella | 95 | 1 | / |
| Kalengele | 89 | 545 | / |
| Kalengala | 89 | 21 | / |
| Kalengila | 89 | 4 | / |
| Kalengola | 89 | 1 | / |
| Kalinela | 82 | 3 | / |
| Kalingala | 78 | 12 | / |
| Kalingila | 78 | 8 | / |
| Kalyongele | 74 | 4 | / |
| Kalendjila | 74 | 1 | / |
| Kalinelo | 71 | 8 | / |
| Calgelia | 71 | 6 | / |
| Kalgitla | 71 | 3 | / |
| Kalingile | 67 | 231 | / |
| Kalingolo | 67 | 20 | / |
| Kalinjila | 67 | 20 | / |
| Kalingili | 67 | 3 | / |
| Colengelo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kolingila | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kolingola | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kalingilo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Colengeli | 67 | 1 | / |
| Calgeglia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaulingili | 63 | 3 | / |
| Gqalengile | 63 | 1 | / |
| Colgela | 63 | 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 Kalengela
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