Nkwele Surname
Approximately 692 people bear this surname
Nkwele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gabon | 303 | 1:6,235 | 1,152 |
| DR Congo | 192 | 1:384,789 | 33,038 |
| South Africa | 117 | 1:463,057 | 38,677 |
| Cameroon | 54 | 1:384,612 | 33,542 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Nkwele (414) may also be a first name.
Nkwele Demographics
Average Nkwele Salary in
South Africa
R 108,456
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Nkwele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkwele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nkwele is most common in Gabon. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkwele? popularity and diffusion
It is the 481,560th most commonly held family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 10,531,136 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkwele live; 79 percent live in Central Africa and 79 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Nkwele is also the 422,632nd most frequently held first name world-wide It is held by 414 people.
The last name is most widely held in Gabon, where it is carried by 303 people, or 1 in 6,235. Outside of Gabon it exists in 7 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 28 percent reside and South Africa, where 17 percent reside.
Nkwele Last Name Statistics demography
Nkwele earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 54.36% less than the national average, earning R 108,456 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nkwelle | 92 | 2,076 | / |
| Nkweley | 92 | 2 | / |
| Nkgwele | 92 | 1 | / |
| Nkcwele | 92 | 1 | / |
| Nkwel | 91 | 94 | / |
| Ngwele | 83 | 4,580 | / |
| Nkwale | 83 | 1,083 | / |
| Nkwela | 83 | 405 | / |
| Nqwele | 83 | 80 | / |
| Nkuele | 83 | 27 | / |
| Nkwole | 83 | 15 | / |
| Nkweli | 83 | 10 | / |
| Ncwele | 83 | 9 | / |
| Nkwile | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ngqwele | 77 | 58 | / |
| Ngwelle | 77 | 46 | / |
| Ngcwele | 77 | 31 | / |
| Ng'wele | 77 | 24 | / |
| Ngw'ele | 77 | 9 | / |
| Nkouele | 77 | 5 | / |
| Nngwele | 77 | 4 | / |
| Ngwaele | 77 | 4 | / |
| Ngweleh | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ngwetle | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ngweley | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngwuele | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nkwaale | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nkwellé | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nkwelli | 77 | 1 | / |
| N'Kwile | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngweele | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nkwilei | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nkwelya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nguele | 67 | 11,588 | / |
| Ngwale | 67 | 5,741 | / |
| Nkwali | 67 | 1,417 | / |
| Ngbele | 67 | 496 | / |
| Ngweli | 67 | 486 | / |
| Nkuela | 67 | 194 | / |
| Ngwela | 67 | 153 | / |
| Ngwile | 67 | 128 | / |
| Nkwili | 67 | 110 | / |
| Nkwila | 67 | 33 | / |
| Nqweli | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nqwela | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nkueli | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngwely | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Nkwele
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