Kwelele Surname

2,333,370th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 67 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Kwelele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kwelele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria591:3,002,42093,371
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
England11:55,718,059489,080
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Kwelele (17) may also be a first name.

Kwelele Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kwelele is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Kwelele.

How Common Is The Last Name Kwelele? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kwelele is the 2,333,370th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 108,769,342 people. The surname Kwelele occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Kwelele live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kwelele is also the 2,694,839th most frequently occurring given name internationally, borne by 17 people.

Kwelele is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 59 people, or 1 in 3,002,420. In Nigeria Kwelele is most prevalent in: Delta, where 63 percent are found, Lagos, where 29 percent are found and Oyo, where 5 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 4 percent are found and Ireland, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Khwelele931/
Kwelela8693/
Gwelele8616/
Kwalele864/
Kweleli861/
Kwallele801/
Kwaleuleu751/
Gwelela71106/
Gbelele7182/
Guelele7112/
Cwelile7111/
Quelele711/
Ngweleli671/
Ghwalele671/

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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 Kwelele
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