Matengelele Surname
Approximately 137 people bear this surname
Matengelele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 136 | 1:389,277 | 27,871 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Matengelele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matengelele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Matengelele is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Matengelele? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,518,885th most common family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 53,193,766 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Matengelele reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
Matengelele is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 136 people, or 1 in 389,277. In Tanzania Matengelele is mostly concentrated in: Ruvuma Region, where 87 percent live, Pwani Region, where 7 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 3 percent live. Not including Tanzania Matengelele exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Masengelele | 91 | 2 | / |
| Mangelele | 90 | 18 | / |
| Mang'elele | 86 | 24 | / |
| Mangielele | 86 | 1 | / |
| Manselele | 80 | 4 | / |
| Manzelele | 80 | 2 | / |
| Mongelele | 80 | 1 | / |
| Manjelele | 80 | 1 | / |
| Monjelele | 70 | 129 | / |
| Mongelela | 70 | 1 | / |
| Monzhelele | 67 | 17 | / |
| Monchelele | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mangelylay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mondzhelele | 64 | 101 | / |
| Mangilile | 60 | 14 | / |
| Mangilila | 60 | 8 | / |
| Manzilili | 50 | 11 | / |
| Mongilila | 50 | 1 | / |
| Manjilili | 50 | 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 Matengelele
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