Nyangele Surname

2,312,869th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 68 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Nyangele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nyangele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda391:1,001,00743,411
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Nyangele (10) may also be a first name.

Nyangele Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nyangele is most common in Uganda. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyangele? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,312,869th most commonly occurring surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 107,169,793 people. The last name Nyangele occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyangele live; 57 percent live in East Africa and 46 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Nyangele is also the 3,684,242nd most common first name globally It is held by 10 people.

Nyangele is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is borne by 39 people, or 1 in 1,001,007. In Uganda it is most numerous in: Buliisa District, where 77 percent are found, Tororo District, where 21 percent are found and Hoima District, where 3 percent are found. Outside of Uganda this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 40 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 percent are found.

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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 Nyangele
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