Nkelele Surname
Approximately 147 people bear this surname
Nkelele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 130 | 1:568,304 | 43,658 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Lesotho | 2 | 1:1,016,279 | 21,693 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Nkelele (21) may also be a first name.
Nkelele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkelele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nkelele occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkelele? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,453,389th most commonly held last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 49,575,142 people. The surname Nkelele is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Nkelele reside; 89 percent reside in Central Africa and 88 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Nkelele is also the 2,368,944th most prevalent first name internationally. It is borne by 21 people.
The last name is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is held by 130 people, or 1 in 568,304. Excluding The DR Congo this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 6 percent are found and Belgium, where 2 percent are found.
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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
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- 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
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