Nlele Surname

1,121,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 216 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Nlele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nlele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1981:373,12932,235
Nigeria111:16,103,887259,204
France31:22,140,907385,998
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
England11:55,718,059489,080

Nlele (11) may also be a first name.

Nlele Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nlele is more commonly found in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nlele? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,121,821st most commonly held last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 33,738,638 people. The last name Nlele is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Nlele live; 92 percent live in Central Africa and 92 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequently held forename on earth It is held by 11 people.

Nlele is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 198 people, or 1 in 373,129. Beside The DR Congo this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 5 percent live and France, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nleele918/
Nhlele912/
Nlel891/
Nailele834/
Nlale80125/
Nlela8051/
Nilel807/
Nlole806/
Nlhel802/
Nealeley773/
'Netlele771/
Naillele771/
Naileleh771/
Nhlela7362/
Ngelel7352/
Gnelel7331/
Nleela739/
Nlelis735/
N'Elel735/
Nailel734/
Gnilel732/
Niliel731/
Nyliel731/
Nlesel731/
Nylelt730/
Nlisel730/
Nellela67108/
Nlil672/
Nlhl671/
Nesleel671/
Nelelli671/
Nelella671/
Nealely671/

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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 Nlele
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