Kawelele Surname
Approximately 206 people bear this surname
Kawelele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 132 | 1:120,075 | 9,160 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Kawelele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kawelele Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kawelele is found most frequently in Zambia. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kawelele? popularity and diffusion
Kawelele is the 1,159,732nd most frequent surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 35,376,436 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kawelele reside; 66 percent reside in Southern Africa and 66 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most common in Zambia, where it is borne by 132 people, or 1 in 120,075. In Zambia Kawelele is mostly found in: Central Province, where 27 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 24 percent reside and North-Western Province, where 23 percent reside. Apart from Zambia Kawelele exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 33 percent reside and Malawi, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaswelele | 94 | 2 | / |
| Kawelela | 88 | 91 | / |
| Kayelele | 88 | 42 | / |
| Kaweleli | 88 | 28 | / |
| Kajelele | 88 | 2 | / |
| Kawelile | 88 | 1 | / |
| Kahwelela | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kaulele | 80 | 243 | / |
| Kielele | 80 | 27 | / |
| Kailele | 80 | 13 | / |
| Kyelele | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kaleile | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kaylele | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kiyelele | 75 | 246 | / |
| Kauleule | 75 | 6 | / |
| Kayelela | 75 | 4 | / |
| Kawelila | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kgailele | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kiyalele | 75 | 1 | / |
| Koialele | 75 | 1 | / |
| Koyalele | 75 | 1 | / |
| Qabelele | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kaleal | 71 | 168 | / |
| Kaleil | 71 | 3 | / |
| Khaleil | 67 | 634 | / |
| Kaulela | 67 | 337 | / |
| Kaleali | 67 | 81 | / |
| Koulele | 67 | 64 | / |
| Kaleili | 67 | 30 | / |
| Kaleele | 67 | 27 | / |
| Khaleal | 67 | 13 | / |
| Kailela | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kealela | 67 | 4 | / |
| Khayelihle | 67 | 4 | / |
| Koelgel | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kalleal | 67 | 3 | / |
| Qhawelihle | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kyelile | 67 | 1 | / |
| Koilele | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Kawelele
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