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 may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Nzela click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nzela? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nzela is the 130,280th most frequent family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 2,098,343 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nzela live; 63 percent live in Central Africa and 63 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 569,299th most frequent first name world-wide, held by 246 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is held by 2,169 people, or 1 in 34,062. Not including The DR Congo this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also found 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
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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 Nzela
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