Nilele Surname

1,918,812th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 94 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Nilele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nilele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda921:424,34025,938
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679

Nilele (21) may also be a first name.

Nilele Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Nilele Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Nilele is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nilele? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nilele is the 1,918,812th most frequently used surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 77,527,084 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nilele reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Nilele is also the 2,368,944th most frequently occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 21 people.

The last name Nilele is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is borne by 92 people, or 1 in 424,340. In Uganda it is most common in: Mubende District, where 62 percent reside, Kyankwanzi District, where 11 percent reside and Gomba District, where 7 percent reside. Other than Uganda this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nielele9211/
Nailele924/
Ngilele924/
Nilgele921/
Ngailele869/
Naillele861/
Naileleh861/
Nilelesh861/
Nilale8336/
Nilole836/
Nulele834/
Nhlele832/
Nilely832/
Nelele831/
Ngelele7767/
Nailole776/
Nielela773/
Neleleu772/
Nealeley713/
Ngelelei712/
Nailelia711/
'Netlele711/
Nuulelea711/
Neitlelt711/
Nilila67134/
Ngoilelio678/
Neleli676/
Nelela673/
Nilali672/
Nelile671/
Nylela671/

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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 Nilele
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