Nketele Surname
Approximately 195 people bear this surname
Nketele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 194 | 1:81,701 | 6,916 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Nketele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nketele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nketele is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nketele? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,206,588th most frequently held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 37,372,030 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nketele are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly occurring in Zambia, where it is held by 194 people, or 1 in 81,701. In Zambia it is most prevalent in: Southern Province, where 99 percent are found and Copperbelt Province, where 1 percent are found. Other than Zambia Nketele exists in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nketeele | 93 | 1 | / |
| Nketle | 92 | 702 | / |
| Nkotele | 86 | 21 | / |
| Nkatele | 86 | 4 | / |
| Nketela | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nkhetle | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ncethele | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nkitle | 77 | 49 | / |
| Nkatale | 71 | 10 | / |
| Nkiteli | 71 | 4 | / |
| Nkotile | 71 | 2 | / |
| Nkitela | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nkaitole | 67 | 463 | / |
| Nqotole | 57 | 45 | / |
| Nkatoli | 57 | 1 | / |
| Nkitila | 57 | 1 | / |
| Nqothole | 53 | 38 | / |
| Ngqitole | 53 | 8 | / |
| Nkaitoli | 53 | 4 | / |
| Ngqotole | 53 | 3 | / |
| Nkitilai | 53 | 1 | / |
| Nqithole | 53 | 1 | / |
| Nqathole | 53 | 1 | / |
| Ngqithole | 50 | 7 | / |
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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 Nketele
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