Kinyele Surname

517,348th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 630 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Kinyele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kinyele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania6141:86,2248,742
Kenya81:5,772,48850,256
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kinyele Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kinyele occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kinyele? popularity and diffusion

It is the 517,348th most commonly occurring last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 11,567,533 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kinyele reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

Kinyele is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 614 people, or 1 in 86,224. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Morogoro Region, where 40 percent reside, Rukwa Region, where 20 percent reside and Iringa Region, where 19 percent reside. Besides Tanzania this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 1 percent reside and Nigeria, where 0 percent reside.

Kinyele Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kinayele932/
Kingele86133/
Kinaele8632/
Kenyele865/
Kinyela865/
Kinuele864/
Kinyeli862/
Kignele861/
Keineele8061/
Kaingele801/
Kingeley801/
Kinealey801/
Kinale7788/
Kingouele751/
Kengele714,785/
Kinyili712,722/
Cingele7125/
Kenyela7114/
Kinalea717/
Koinale716/
Kinayli715/
Kingely713/
Kenaele713/
Kenuele712/
Kihnale712/
Kinyila712/
Kenjele711/
Keneale711/
Kinaeli711/
Qenyele711/
Kinjela711/
Kingeli711/
Kenoele711/
Kinahle711/
Kinilei711/
Kenoyle710/
Kineely710/
Kinaley710/
Khengele6766/
Kenealey6764/
Kinhoule6742/
Kengelea6727/
Kenielle672/
Kinajole672/
Kinayali672/
Khenyile671/
Chinyile671/
Kingelay671/
Kenyella671/
Keneuley670/

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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 Kinyele
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