Wangele Surname
Approximately 332 people bear this surname
Wangele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 207 | 1:255,757 | 20,606 |
| DR Congo | 116 | 1:636,893 | 47,292 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
Wangele (11) may also be a first name.
Wangele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wangele Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wangele is found most in Tanzania. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wangele? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 832,284th most frequently held surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 21,950,440 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wangele live; 65 percent live in East Africa and 65 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequent first name globally It is held by 11 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 207 people, or 1 in 255,757. In Tanzania Wangele is most numerous in: Mwanza Region, where 87 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 4 percent live and Geita Region, where 4 percent live. Barring Tanzania Wangele exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 35 percent live and Kenya, where 3 percent live.
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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 Wangele
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