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
Nkwele is most common in Gabon. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Nkwele click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkwele? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nkwele is the 481,560th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 10,531,136 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkwele are found; 79 percent are found in Central Africa and 79 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Nkwele is also the 422,632nd most frequently used given name worldwide, held by 414 people.
It is most widely held in Gabon, where it is borne by 303 people, or 1 in 6,235. Beside Gabon this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 28 percent are found and South Africa, where 17 percent are found.
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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