Kwanele Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Kwanele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kwanele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
England21:27,859,030389,889
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kwanele (11,592) may also be a first name.

Kwanele Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kwanele is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kwanele? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kwanele is the 5,391,485th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 69 percent of Kwanele are found; 69 percent are found in Southern Africa and 69 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Kwanele is also the 55,475th most common first name on earth, borne by 11,592 people.

This last name is most common in South Africa, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 6,772,213. In South Africa Kwanele is most common in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 50 percent are found, Eastern Cape, where 38 percent are found and North West, where 13 percent are found. Apart from South Africa this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 15 percent are found and Botswana, where 8 percent are found.

Kwanele Last Name Statistics demography

Kwanele earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 93.92% less than the national average, earning R 14,460 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kweneley801/
Kwangile801/
Kwanaile801/
Kwanhlee801/
Gwanle7783/
Kuanle773/
Gbanele7152/
Kwenile715/
Guanele711/
Kuanela711/
Kwenaile6713/
Kuhangel678/
Quanelle671/
Gwenaele671/
Guaniele671/
Kwanhlay671/

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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 Kwanele
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