Kwele Surname
Approximately 2,281 people bear this surname
Kwele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 1,777 | 1:30,488 | 3,918 |
| DR Congo | 233 | 1:317,080 | 28,591 |
| Nigeria | 103 | 1:1,719,833 | 63,088 |
| Botswana | 99 | 1:22,090 | 4,408 |
| Cameroon | 53 | 1:391,869 | 33,952 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Kwele (110) may also be a first name.
Kwele Demographics
Average Kwele Salary in
South Africa
R 144,984
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Kwele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kwele is found most in South Africa. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of Kwele click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwele? popularity and diffusion
It is the 185,769th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 3,194,891 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kwele are found; 82 percent are found in Southern Africa and 82 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 895,203rd most prevalent forename in the world It is held by 110 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 1,777 people, or 1 in 30,488. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: North West, where 57 percent live, Gauteng, where 28 percent live and Limpopo, where 5 percent live. Besides South Africa this last name is found in 13 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 10 percent live and Nigeria, where 5 percent live.
Kwele Last Name Statistics demography
Kwele earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 38.99% less than the national average, earning R 144,984 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Kwele
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis