Kimengele Surname
Approximately 239 people bear this surname
Kimengele Surname User-submission:
This surname means 'noise'. Kilonzo means 'noise' in the Kikamba language of the Akamba people in Kenya. It has variants: Kalonzo meaning 'insignificant, small noise'; Kinene or Kanene (signifying insignificant level of noise), and in somewhat derogatory forms as in Ilonzo (sometimes in plural form), Kimengele.
Read More About This SurnameKimengele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 211 | 1:218,862 | 15,584 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
Kimengele (89) may also be a first name.
Kimengele Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
This surname means 'noise'. Kilonzo means 'noise' in the Kikamba language of the Akamba people in Kenya. It has variants: Kalonzo meaning 'insignificant, small noise'; Kinene or Kanene (signifying insignificant level of noise), and in somewhat derogatory forms as in Ilonzo (sometimes in plural form), Kimengele.
Kilonzo is used as name for boys, and Kanene for girls. Kilonzo as a noun should never be confused with Kilonzi and its variants forms of Mulonzi, Malonza all standing for 'noise makers'.
Kilonzo is noise; Kilonzi is a noise maker.
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Kimengele Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kimengele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kimengele Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kimengele occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kimengele? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kimengele is the 1,048,281st most widespread surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 30,491,824 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kimengele live; 89 percent live in East Africa and 89 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Kimengele is also the 1,011,231st most widespread given name globally, held by 89 people.
Kimengele is most common in Kenya, where it is held by 211 people, or 1 in 218,862. In Kenya Kimengele is primarily concentrated in: Kitui County, where 96 percent are found and Makueni County, where 4 percent are found. Barring Kenya this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 11 percent are found and Rwanda, where 0 percent are found.
Kimengele Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kamengele | 89 | 250 | / |
| Kamuengele | 84 | 1 | / |
| Kamengela | 78 | 28 | / |
| Kamungele | 78 | 24 | / |
| Kamongele | 78 | 21 | / |
| Kamwengel | 78 | 1 | / |
| Chimenele | 78 | 1 | / |
| Kamwangele | 74 | 4 | / |
| Kamuengela | 74 | 1 | / |
| Kamungel | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kamongela | 67 | 62 | / |
| Qamangele | 67 | 31 | / |
| Kimangila | 67 | 6 | / |
| Cimmeneli | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kamongile | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kamangile | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kamungela | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kamungelu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kyamwengelwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kamangela | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gom Engel | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kamwangile | 63 | 9 | / |
| Khamangelo | 63 | 1 | / |
| Khamangela | 63 | 1 | / |
| Kamuangile | 63 | 1 | / |
| Ciminielle | 63 | 1 | / |
| Kamuwangile | 60 | 1 | / |
| Kyamwangile | 60 | 1 | / |
| Gomengil | 59 | 78 | / |
| Cimineli | 59 | 5 | / |
| Camungel | 59 | 1 | / |
| Kyamuwangile | 57 | 1 | / |
| Kamangila | 56 | 324 | / |
| Kamangili | 56 | 83 | / |
| Chimineli | 56 | 12 | / |
| Qamangela | 56 | 6 | / |
| Kamungila | 56 | 1 | / |
| Komangili | 56 | 1 | / |
| Kumingoli | 56 | 1 | / |
| Kamuangila | 53 | 34 | / |
| Kamwangila | 53 | 3 | / |
| Kamwingili | 53 | 1 | / |
| Gama Angelo | 50 | 1 | / |
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