Nkelebe Surname
Approximately 454 people bear this surname
Nkelebe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 452 | 1:117,127 | 11,217 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nkelebe (82) may also be a first name.
Nkelebe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkelebe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nkelebe occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkelebe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 661,581st most widely held family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 16,051,863 people. Nkelebe is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkelebe reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Nkelebe is also the 1,060,447th most widespread given name world-wide, borne by 82 people.
The last name Nkelebe is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 452 people, or 1 in 117,127. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Simiyu Region, where 36 percent live, Shinyanga Region, where 35 percent live and Mwanza Region, where 24 percent live. Excluding Tanzania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 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 Nkelebe
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