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
Kwengele occurs in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwengele? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,689,253rd most prevalent family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 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 last name is most frequent in Zambia, where it is borne by 51 people, or 1 in 310,783. In Zambia Kwengele is mostly concentrated in: Lusaka Province, where 63 percent are found, Copperbelt Province, where 29 percent are found and Southern Province, where 8 percent are found. Other than Zambia this surname is found in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 2 percent are found.
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 | / |
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 Kwengele
- 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