Khwale Surname
Approximately 245 people bear this surname
Khwale Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 159 | 1:290,440 | 18,686 |
| Uganda | 70 | 1:557,704 | 30,541 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
Khwale (91) may also be a first name.
Khwale Demographics
Khwale Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Khwale Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Khwale Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Khwale (Marathi: खवले) is found most in Kenya. It may also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Khwale.
How Common Is The Last Name Khwale? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,028,911th most widely held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 29,745,085 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Khwale live; 93 percent live in East Africa and 66 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 998,282nd most widespread first name at a global level. It is borne by 91 people.
This last name is most widely held in Kenya, where it is held by 159 people, or 1 in 290,440. In Kenya Khwale is most prevalent in: Kakamega County, where 92 percent live, Bungoma County, where 6 percent live and Kilifi County, where 1 percent live. Apart from Kenya this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 29 percent live and India, where 2 percent live.
Khwale Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Khwale earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 67.03% less than the national average, earning R 78,360 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Khwale Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Khwale in the Marathi language | ||
| खवले | khavale | - |
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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
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- 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 Khwale
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