Nkulele Surname

2,944,094th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 44 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Nkulele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nkulele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa431:1,259,94770,377
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Nkulele Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nkulele is found most frequently in South Africa. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkulele? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,944,094th most widely held family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkulele are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

It is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is borne by 43 people, or 1 in 1,259,947. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Limpopo, where 53 percent live, Gauteng, where 40 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 2 percent live. Besides South Africa Nkulele occurs in one country. It is also common in Kenya, where 2 percent live.

Nkulele Last Name Statistics demography

Nkulele earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 61.94% less than the national average, earning R 90,444 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nkolele86345/
Nculele869/
Nkulela862/
Nkholele801/
Nkulilei801/
Nkulilehe754/
Nkolela711,255/
Nkulila71176/
Nkulali713/
Ngkulili672/
Nkoleloi671/
Nkholheli631/
Ncolela571/
Nqolela571/
Nkolila571/
Ngqolela532/
Ngcolela531/

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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 Nkulele
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