Zelele Surname
Approximately 177 people bear this surname
Zelele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
Zelele (81) may also be a first name.
Zelele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zelele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zelele is found most in Malawi. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of Zelele click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zelele? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,286,243rd most frequent last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 41,172,576 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Zelele live; 90 percent live in Southern Africa and 90 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Zelele is also the 1,068,082nd most widespread forename on earth, held by 81 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Malawi, where it is held by 157 people, or 1 in 109,039. Other than Malawi this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Ethiopia, where 9 percent live and South Africa, where 1 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
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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 Zelele
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