Kimela Surname
Approximately 761 people bear this surname
Kimela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 684 | 1:77,400 | 7,996 |
| Uganda | 70 | 1:557,704 | 30,541 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kimela (495) may also be a first name.
Kimela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kimela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kimela is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kimela? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kimela is the 447,670th most widely held last name internationally, held by around 1 in 9,576,276 people. The last name Kimela is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kimela live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 381,460th most frequent first name on earth, held by 495 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 684 people, or 1 in 77,400. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Njombe Region, where 30 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 22 percent are found and Tanga Region, where 22 percent are found. Outside of Tanzania this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 9 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Kimela
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