Kenkele Surname

806,178th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 347 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Kenkele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kenkele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo3421:216,02221,248
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Kenkele (33) may also be a first name.

Kenkele Last Name Facts

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

Kenkele (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻨﻜﻞ) is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kenkele? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 806,178th most frequently held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 21,001,573 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kenkele are found; 99 percent are found in Central Africa and 99 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Kenkele is also the 1,807,719th most numerous first name internationally. It is borne by 33 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 342 people, or 1 in 216,022. Barring The DR Congo it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 1 percent reside and Cameroon, where 0 percent reside.

Kenkele Last Name Statistics demography

Kenkele earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 90.37% less than the national average, earning R 22,896 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kuenkele9322/
Kengkele931/
Kenkle9211/
Kuenckele880/
Künkele86239/
Kinkele86130/
Kenkale867/
Kenkela861/
Kenkile861/
Kenkeli861/
Kencele861/
Kennkle860/
Künkeler8024/
Kinkiele801/
Kengkeli801/
Kenchele801/
Kinkeler801/
Kinkle77512/
Knkela772/
Kencle771/
Kynkle771/
Kinkela7115,078/
Kinkole71241/
Kinkale7177/
Kinckle7122/
Kenceli716/
Kincele712/
Kencile711/
Kenkali711/
Kencale711/
Kenkkilä6771/
Kinkhela6734/
Chenkeli6717/
Kinnkale674/
Kenchely671/
Kingkela671/
Kinkiela671/
Chinkele671/
Cenceile671/
Kenkolli671/
Kincelee670/
Kinceley670/
Kinchele670/

Kenkele Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kenkele in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻛﻨﻜﻞknkl-

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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 Kenkele
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