Ngelese Surname
Approximately 153 people bear this surname
Ngelese Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 124 | 1:314,833 | 21,485 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Ngelese (23) may also be a first name.
Ngelese Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngelese Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ngelese has its highest incidence in Uganda. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of Ngelese click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngelese? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,415,499th most commonly held surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 47,631,019 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ngelese are found; 85 percent are found in East Africa and 82 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Ngelese is also the 2,239,265th most frequently occurring first name in the world, held by 23 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is carried by 124 people, or 1 in 314,833. In Uganda Ngelese is most frequent in: Kasese District, where 78 percent live, Bundibugyo District, where 10 percent live and Kibaale District, where 9 percent live. Beside Uganda this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 14 percent live and Kenya, where 4 percent live.
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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 Ngelese
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