Kwengele Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
Kwengele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 51 | 1:310,783 | 17,285 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Kwengele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwengele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kwengele is held by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwengele? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,689,253rd most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kwengele live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Kwengele is most frequent in Zambia, where it is carried by 51 people, or 1 in 310,783. In Zambia it is mostly concentrated in: Lusaka Province, where 63 percent live, Copperbelt Province, where 29 percent live and Southern Province, where 8 percent live. Aside from Zambia this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nkwengele | 94 | 86 | / |
| Kweneley | 88 | 1 | / |
| Gwengele | 88 | 1 | / |
| Ngwengele | 82 | 2 | / |
| Kwenile | 80 | 5 | / |
| Kwenela | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kuengle | 80 | 0 | / |
| Kwenaile | 75 | 13 | / |
| Kwenyela | 75 | 7 | / |
| Kwenseli | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kwenjela | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kwencela | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kwengila | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kuenseler | 71 | 20 | / |
| Gbeangele | 71 | 1 | / |
| Quenguele | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kuenetler | 71 | 0 | / |
| Kuenzle | 67 | 331 | / |
| Gbenele | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gwenela | 67 | 1 | / |
| Guenele | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Kwengele
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