Namweleu Surname
Approximately 155 people bear this surname
Namweleu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 149 | 1:355,313 | 26,378 |
| Zambia | 6 | 1:2,641,654 | 34,188 |
Namweleu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Namweleu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Namweleu is found most frequently in Tanzania. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Namweleu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,403,590th most frequently held last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 47,016,425 people. The last name Namweleu is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Namweleu live; 96 percent live in East Africa and 96 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Namweleu is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is held by 149 people, or 1 in 355,313. In Tanzania Namweleu is most prevalent in: Rukwa Region, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Tanzania this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Zambia, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namwele | 93 | 179 | / |
| Namwelu | 93 | 100 | / |
| Ngamwele | 88 | 34 | / |
| Namuele | 80 | 1,975 | / |
| Nambele | 80 | 844 | / |
| Namwela | 80 | 353 | / |
| Namuelu | 80 | 28 | / |
| Namwale | 80 | 25 | / |
| Namweli | 80 | 9 | / |
| Namwole | 80 | 5 | / |
| Nomwele | 80 | 4 | / |
| Namwalu | 80 | 3 | / |
| Nambelu | 80 | 2 | / |
| Namwelo | 80 | 2 | / |
| Namwolu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Namwilu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ngamweli | 75 | 48 | / |
| Nnambele | 75 | 9 | / |
| Nomwehle | 75 | 9 | / |
| Nnamuele | 75 | 3 | / |
| Nhambele | 75 | 2 | / |
| Nambeele | 75 | 1 | / |
| Namwaale | 75 | 1 | / |
| Namwelya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ngamuele | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nambeleya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nambela | 67 | 18,648 | / |
| Namwila | 67 | 8,162 | / |
| Namwala | 67 | 928 | / |
| Namwali | 67 | 465 | / |
| Namwili | 67 | 184 | / |
| Namwalo | 67 | 123 | / |
| Nambile | 67 | 103 | / |
| Nombele | 67 | 85 | / |
| Namwolo | 67 | 58 | / |
| Nomvele | 67 | 28 | / |
| Nambelo | 67 | 26 | / |
| Namuelo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nambeli | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nombelu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nambilu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nemvele | 67 | 1 | / |
| Noumweiler | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nomwela | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nomwelo | 67 | 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 Namweleu
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