Uzele Surname
Approximately 384 people bear this surname
Uzele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 251 | 1:155,535 | 13,634 |
| DR Congo | 103 | 1:717,277 | 51,618 |
| Turkey | 20 | 1:3,891,071 | 97,520 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
The alternate forms: Üzele (2) are calculated separately.
Uzele (49) may also be a first name.
Uzele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Uzele Come From? nationality or country of origin
Uzele is held by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Üzele. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Uzele? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 748,537th most frequently held last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,977,984 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Uzele reside; 66 percent reside in East Africa and 49 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Uzele is also the 1,430,306th most commonly held first name worldwide, borne by 49 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is carried by 251 people, or 1 in 155,535. In Uganda Uzele is mostly found in: Hoima District, where 33 percent are found, Zombo District, where 15 percent are found and Buliisa District, where 14 percent are found. Outside of Uganda Uzele occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 27 percent are found and Turkey, where 5 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
- 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 Uzele
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