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
Mwengele is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Mwengele click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwengele? popularity and diffusion
Mwengele is the 424,145th most commonly held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 8,930,816 people. The last name Mwengele occurs predominantly 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 frequently used first name globally, held by 18 people.
Mwengele is most common in Tanzania, where it is borne by 623 people, or 1 in 84,979. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Tanga Region, where 58 percent live, Njombe Region, where 15 percent live and Morogoro Region, where 15 percent live. Apart from Tanzania this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 15 percent live and Zambia, where 8 percent live.
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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