Kwelele Surname
Approximately 67 people bear this surname
Kwelele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 59 | 1:3,002,420 | 93,371 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
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.
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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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