Kiwele Surname
Approximately 15,893 people bear this surname
Kiwele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 14,886 | 1:4,963 | 570 |
| Tanzania | 999 | 1:52,995 | 5,836 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kiwele (1,630) may also be a first name.
Kiwele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kiwele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kiwele is carried by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kiwele? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kiwele is the 33,428th most frequently occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 458,538 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kiwele are found; 94 percent are found in Central Africa and 94 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Kiwele is also the 191,097th most frequently occurring given name on earth, borne by 1,630 people.
The surname Kiwele is most frequently held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 14,886 people, or 1 in 4,963. Aside from The DR Congo this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 6 percent reside and Uganda, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Kiwele
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