Nguele

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Nguele is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Cameroon than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • CMCameroon≈1 in 3.3K(inferred from the name graph)
  • GAGabon≈1 in 24K
  • CDCongo - Kinshasa≈1 in 29K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Cameroon (inferred from the name graph)

≈8,300 people, est.

Sources
90 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 3.3K (inferred from the name graph)

Cameroon, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Nguele counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Nguele is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CM Cameroon#212≈8,300 est.≈1 in 3.3K—Nguele18
CD Congo - Kinshasa—≈3,500 est.≈1 in 29K1Nguele2
FR France—≈120 est.≈1 in 561K—Nguele90
GA Gabon—≈93 est.≈1 in 24K25Nguele12
BE Belgium—≈31 est.≈1 in 373K—Nguele10
ES Spain—71 in 7.1M7—5

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Talatala — Assemblée Nationale Députés Nationaux (current legislature, 2024-2028); Ministere de l'Interieur — 2025 candidate lists (local + legislative); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Nguele is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Cameroon, United States, Belgium, Germany

    Languages: English, Dutch, German

    Also written Nguélé, Nguelé

  • Portuguese surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil

    Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

    Also written Nguélé

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Nguélé, Nguelé

  • Italian name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Nguelé

23 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 4 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Nguele
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
GA GabonMinistere de l'Interieur — 2025 candidate lists (local + legislative)202525#70
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—7#143,513
CD Congo - KinshasaTalatala — Assemblée Nationale Députés Nationaux (current legislature, 2024-2028)20261#419

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Nguele have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 8.3 thousand people named Nguele in Cameroon, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled nguele.
How common is the name Nguele?
In Spain, the national register counted 7 people named Nguele, about 1 in 7.1 million residents.
How common is Nguele compared with other names?
In Cameroon, Nguele is the 212th most common surname of 27,213 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

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These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Nguele” — the 212th most common surname in Cameroon. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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