Khwele Surname

1,338,236th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 167 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Khwele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Khwele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1491:363,60933,044
Tanzania141:3,781,54451,645
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060

Khwele (15) may also be a first name.

Khwele Last Name Facts

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

The last name Khwele occurs most in South Africa. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Khwele? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,338,236th most common surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 43,637,999 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Khwele live; 92 percent live in Southern Africa and 92 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Khwele is also the 2,900,335th most prevalent first name globally, borne by 15 people.

It is most widely held in South Africa, where it is borne by 149 people, or 1 in 363,609. In South Africa Khwele is most common in: Gauteng, where 37 percent are found, North West, where 35 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 9 percent are found. Without taking into account South Africa this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 8 percent are found and Malawi, where 2 percent are found.

Khwele Last Name Statistics demography

Khwele earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 85.27% more than the national average, earning R 440,268 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Khweled92160/
Khwehle921/
Khwaele921/
Khweile921/
Kwele912,281/
Khwle912/
Hwele911/
Khweilhe8616/
Khwela838,247/
Khuele83504/
Kwelle83259/
Khwale83245/
Hwehle8312/
Khweli836/
Kwelee835/
Chwele833/
Khwole831/
Kweley831/
Kweile831/
Khwelh831/
Hwel8051/
Kwel8026/
Hwle801/
Khwehla7784/
Khuelee771/
Kh'weil771/
Khweila771/
Khweili771/
Khweily771/
Hwelett771/
Hweileh771/
Kwelehe771/
Kweelee771/
Cwele733,589/
Huele73854/
Qwele73716/
Kweli73700/
Kwell7316/
Khvel737/
Kweel734/
Hwell732/
Kwile732/
Hwela732/
Chwle731/
Kwelh731/
Hweel731/
Khwaileh7118/
Hweisleh715/
Khoueled712/
Chweelee711/
Ch'weile711/
Khweilha711/
Kh'weïly711/
Houele67328/
Huelle67212/
Khwali67125/
Khwili67115/
Khuela67101/
Kwaile6726/
Khvale6724/
Huetle6724/
Kviele6720/
Hueler6719/
Kvelle6712/
Gcwele679/
Chweli679/
Huelie677/
Hwelya675/
Hueley675/
Hbeleh675/
Khbile675/
Khwjly674/
Huelet674/
Khuile672/
Chweel672/
Kveler672/
Chwela672/
Gqwele671/
Kvhale671/
Kwayle671/
Kweili671/
Kweelh671/
Kwilee671/
Hbelee671/
Chbele671/
Khwéla671/
Kweloi671/
Chuele671/
Kwehli671/
Huehle670/
Qweley670/

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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 Khwele
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