Nyekele Surname
Approximately 202 people bear this surname
Nyekele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 189 | 1:280,114 | 21,957 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Nyekele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyekele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nyekele is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of Nyekele click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyekele? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nyekele is the 1,177,228th most prevalent family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 36,076,960 people. The surname Nyekele occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyekele reside; 94 percent reside in East Africa and 94 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is held by 189 people, or 1 in 280,114. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Singida Region, where 99 percent are found and Manyara Region, where 1 percent are found. Not including Tanzania this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 2 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niekele | 86 | 14 | / |
| Nyekela | 86 | 5 | / |
| Ngekele | 86 | 5 | / |
| Njekele | 86 | 3 | / |
| Nyikele | 86 | 1 | / |
| Neukele | 86 | 1 | / |
| Naykele | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nieckele | 80 | 23 | / |
| Nnaekele | 80 | 19 | / |
| Nayakele | 80 | 16 | / |
| Nayekile | 80 | 1 | / |
| Neukeuleu | 75 | 8 | / |
| Naikele | 71 | 125 | / |
| Nyekila | 71 | 69 | / |
| Naykile | 71 | 6 | / |
| Nyikile | 71 | 2 | / |
| Neucele | 71 | 2 | / |
| Naukele | 71 | 2 | / |
| Noukele | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nyikela | 71 | 1 | / |
| Njekela | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nakeele | 71 | 1 | / |
| Njechele | 67 | 2,077 | / |
| Nayakile | 67 | 47 | / |
| Nayikile | 67 | 9 | / |
| Nayikeli | 67 | 3 | / |
| Noukeleu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ngoukele | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nayekila | 67 | 1 | / |
| Neuceley | 67 | 1 | / |
| Naikelee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nieceley | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nayakela | 67 | 1 | / |
| N'Yekila | 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
- 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 Nyekele
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