Wambele Surname
Approximately 496 people bear this surname
Wambele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 328 | 1:225,243 | 21,937 |
| Uganda | 162 | 1:240,983 | 18,138 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Wambele (39) may also be a first name.
Wambele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wambele Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wambele occurs most in The DR Congo. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wambele? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 619,831st most common family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 14,692,633 people. Wambele occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wambele reside; 66 percent reside in Central Africa and 66 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,637,361st most widely held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 39 people.
This last name is most widespread in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 328 people, or 1 in 225,243. Outside of The DR Congo this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 33 percent are found and Tanzania, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waimbele | 93 | 1 | / |
| Wambela | 86 | 576 | / |
| Wambale | 86 | 417 | / |
| Bambele | 86 | 412 | / |
| Wambile | 86 | 342 | / |
| Vambele | 86 | 57 | / |
| Wambole | 86 | 56 | / |
| Wombele | 86 | 27 | / |
| Wanbele | 86 | 14 | / |
| Wembele | 86 | 4 | / |
| Wambeli | 86 | 1 | / |
| Bambelea | 80 | 21 | / |
| Wambaile | 80 | 6 | / |
| Vwambale | 80 | 5 | / |
| Wambaale | 80 | 4 | / |
| Waimbile | 80 | 4 | / |
| Wambelia | 80 | 4 | / |
| Woumbele | 80 | 2 | / |
| Wembeley | 80 | 0 | / |
| Wambali | 71 | 1,655 | / |
| Bambile | 71 | 1,123 | / |
| Bombele | 71 | 971 | / |
| Wambili | 71 | 418 | / |
| Wambila | 71 | 151 | / |
| Vambale | 71 | 80 | / |
| Wembile | 71 | 75 | / |
| Vambela | 71 | 34 | / |
| Bambeli | 71 | 25 | / |
| Vambole | 71 | 19 | / |
| Banbele | 71 | 6 | / |
| Wombela | 71 | 4 | / |
| Wembole | 71 | 4 | / |
| Wambuil | 71 | 2 | / |
| Wamboli | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vambile | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vambeli | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wonbele | 71 | 1 | / |
| Uambale | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wombole | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wombale | 71 | 0 | / |
| Wombile | 71 | 0 | / |
| Baumbile | 67 | 4 | / |
| Bammbile | 67 | 3 | / |
| Vanbeele | 67 | 1 | / |
| Beambeli | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wambuila | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wambalai | 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 Wambele
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