Mwengele Surname
Approximately 816 people bear this surname
Mwengele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 623 | 1:84,979 | 8,637 |
| DR Congo | 123 | 1:600,647 | 45,387 |
| Zambia | 62 | 1:255,644 | 15,337 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Mwengele (18) may also be a first name.
Mwengele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwengele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mwengele occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwengele? popularity and diffusion
Mwengele is the 424,145th most frequent surname internationally, held by around 1 in 8,930,816 people. The last name Mwengele is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwengele live; 77 percent live in East Africa and 77 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most prevalent first name worldwide. It is borne by 18 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 623 people, or 1 in 84,979. In Tanzania Mwengele is mostly concentrated in: Tanga Region, where 58 percent reside, Njombe Region, where 15 percent reside and Morogoro Region, where 15 percent reside. Barring Tanzania Mwengele occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 15 percent reside and Zambia, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mwengelea | 94 | 1 | / |
| Mwengle | 93 | 1 | / |
| Mbengele | 88 | 1,284 | / |
| Muengele | 88 | 144 | / |
| Mwengela | 88 | 43 | / |
| Mwenzele | 88 | 21 | / |
| Mwenjele | 88 | 4 | / |
| Mwengeli | 88 | 4 | / |
| Mwendjele | 82 | 4 | / |
| Mouenguele | 78 | 9 | / |
| Mbengile | 75 | 67 | / |
| Muengela | 75 | 21 | / |
| Mwensela | 75 | 21 | / |
| Mwingile | 75 | 18 | / |
| Mbengeli | 75 | 2 | / |
| Mwenzela | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mwengila | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mwingole | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mwengali | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mwingela | 75 | 1 | / |
| Muenzele | 75 | 1 | / |
| Muhengueele | 74 | 1 | / |
| Mwenshile | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwengahali | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwingila | 63 | 288 | / |
| Mwenzila | 63 | 63 | / |
| Muenzela | 63 | 21 | / |
| Mwinjile | 63 | 20 | / |
| Mbenzeal | 63 | 4 | / |
| Mbingile | 63 | 1 | / |
| Muensela | 63 | 1 | / |
| Mwensaila | 59 | 4 | / |
| Mwinzila | 50 | 412 | / |
| Muensila | 50 | 5 | / |
| Muingila | 50 | 4 | / |
| Mbinzile | 50 | 1 | / |
| Mwinjili | 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 Mwengele
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