Nzela Surname
Approximately 3,473 people bear this surname
Nzela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 2,169 | 1:34,062 | 4,243 |
| Tanzania | 1,286 | 1:41,168 | 4,704 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nzela (246) may also be a first name.
Nzela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nzela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nzela is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Nzela click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nzela? popularity and diffusion
It is the 130,280th most frequent surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 2,098,343 people. The last name Nzela occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nzela reside; 63 percent reside in Central Africa and 63 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Nzela is also the 569,299th most numerous first name globally, held by 246 people.
The last name Nzela is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is held by 2,169 people, or 1 in 34,062. Excluding The DR Congo this last name is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 37 percent reside and Cameroon, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Nzela
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