Ngwelele Surname
Approximately 96 people bear this surname
Ngwelele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 53 | 1:998,898 | 45,319 |
| Zambia | 42 | 1:377,379 | 19,273 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Ngwelele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngwelele Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ngwelele is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Ngwelele.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngwelele? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,894,523rd most widely held family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 75,911,937 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngwelele reside; 55 percent reside in East Africa and 55 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
Ngwelele is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is held by 53 people, or 1 in 998,898. In Tanzania Ngwelele is most numerous in: Mbeya Region, where 96 percent reside, Kilimanjaro Region, where 2 percent reside and Lindi Region, where 2 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 44 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 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 Ngwelele
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