Nzebele Surname
Approximately 397 people bear this surname
Nzebele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 253 | 1:209,255 | 17,663 |
| DR Congo | 123 | 1:600,647 | 45,387 |
| Congo | 14 | 1:356,364 | 9,454 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nzebele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nzebele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nzebele occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Nzebele.
How Common Is The Last Name Nzebele? popularity and diffusion
It is the 730,373rd most commonly held family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 18,356,539 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nzebele are found; 64 percent are found in East Africa and 64 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is borne by 253 people, or 1 in 209,255. In Tanzania it is most common in: Kigoma Region, where 95 percent reside, Arusha Region, where 4 percent reside and Dodoma Region, where 0 percent reside. Aside from Tanzania this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 31 percent reside and The Congo, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nzebelie | 93 | 6 | / |
| Ndzebele | 93 | 3 | / |
| Nzebelei | 93 | 3 | / |
| Nzeibelei | 88 | 1 | / |
| Nzebeleih | 88 | 1 | / |
| Njebele | 86 | 329 | / |
| Ngebele | 86 | 144 | / |
| Nzobele | 86 | 137 | / |
| Nzebela | 86 | 55 | / |
| Nzebeli | 86 | 5 | / |
| Nsebele | 86 | 3 | / |
| Nzabele | 86 | 2 | / |
| Nzewele | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nzebile | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ncebele | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nzebelai | 80 | 127 | / |
| Ntsebele | 80 | 83 | / |
| Nzebelia | 80 | 27 | / |
| Ndzabele | 80 | 2 | / |
| Nzabelie | 80 | 1 | / |
| Njebeleh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nsebelea | 80 | 1 | / |
| Njebhele | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ntshebele | 75 | 238 | / |
| Nts'ebele | 75 | 3 | / |
| Nthsebele | 75 | 3 | / |
| Ndzebelai | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nzehbelai | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nzobale | 71 | 1,002 | / |
| Nzebila | 71 | 315 | / |
| Nzevela | 71 | 35 | / |
| Nsevele | 71 | 21 | / |
| Njewele | 71 | 10 | / |
| Nzobile | 71 | 5 | / |
| Nxibele | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ncebela | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nzibeli | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nzobole | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ndzobole | 67 | 65 | / |
| Ntsabele | 67 | 16 | / |
| Ntsebela | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ndjewele | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ntsebile | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nzeabila | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nzabelai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nzabaile | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngebaile | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nshabele | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nsievele | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nsiebole | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ndzobale | 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 Nzebele
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