Namele Surname
Approximately 347 people bear this surname
Namele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 220 | 1:240,644 | 19,599 |
| Papua New Guinea | 49 | 1:166,402 | 23,077 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Uganda | 26 | 1:1,501,511 | 54,973 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Namele (33) may also be a first name.
Namele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Namele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Namele is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Namele? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 806,178th most frequent surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 21,001,573 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 82 percent of Namele are found; 71 percent are found in East Africa and 65 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,807,719th most commonly held first name on earth It is held by 33 people.
It is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 220 people, or 1 in 240,644. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Lindi Region, where 53 percent reside, Mtwara Region, where 43 percent reside and Morogoro Region, where 4 percent reside. Apart from Tanzania this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 14 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 8 percent reside.
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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 Namele
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