Kitengele Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Kitengele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 40 | 1:1,154,498 | 35,000 |
| Tanzania | 15 | 1:3,529,441 | 50,903 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Kitengele (41) may also be a first name.
Kitengele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kitengele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kitengele is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kitengele? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,580,327th most commonly occurring last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 130,134,748 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kitengele are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 98 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Kitengele is also the 1,590,275th most widespread forename in the world It is held by 41 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is borne by 40 people, or 1 in 1,154,498. In Kenya it is most common in: Makueni County, where 85 percent are found, Kwale County, where 10 percent are found and Kilifi County, where 3 percent are found. Outside of Kenya this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 27 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kitengela | 89 | 4 | / |
| Chitengele | 84 | 8 | / |
| Kitingile | 78 | 1 | / |
| Chitenjele | 74 | 95 | / |
| Ketingle | 71 | 0 | / |
| Kitingila | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ketenciler | 63 | 32 | / |
| Kitinguili | 63 | 1 | / |
| Keatinghil | 53 | 1 | / |
| Quetineles | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Kitengele
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