Kwesele Surname

355,117th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,024 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Kwesele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kwesele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo9651:76,5598,894
Zambia511:310,78317,285
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
England21:27,859,030389,889
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Kwesele (71) may also be a first name.

Kwesele Last Name Facts

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

Kwesele is more frequently found in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kwesele? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kwesele is the 355,117th most widely held family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 7,116,744 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kwesele are found; 94 percent are found in Central Africa and 94 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Kwesele is also the 1,152,838th most common first name on earth, borne by 71 people.

Kwesele is most frequently held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 965 people, or 1 in 76,559. Excluding The DR Congo Kwesele is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 5 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Kwesele Last Name Statistics demography

Kwesele earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.91% more than the national average, earning $43,542 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nkwesele9319/
Kweseleit8813/
Gwesele86164/
Kwesela86155/
Kuesele864/
Kwesile862/
Kwexele861/
Kwasele861/
Kwashele801/
Kuesiele801/
Kweselait7517/
Gwesela71112/
Gbesele7150/
Kuegele7127/
Kwezela7127/
Kwezeli7126/
Gwasele715/
Kwizele711/
Kuisele711/
Guesele711/
Gwejele711/
Kwesili711/
Gwexele711/
Guessele67242/
Qweshile6727/
Kuegeler6720/
Kuisiele678/
Queseler677/
Kwizeela674/
Cuetsele671/
Kwashile671/
Kwasaleu671/
Qwashele671/
Ngweseli671/
Queselle670/
Kuegeles670/
Kuiseler670/

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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 Kwesele
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