Agwelu Surname
Approximately 114 people bear this surname
Agwelu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 113 | 1:345,480 | 22,807 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Agwelu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Agwelu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Agwelu is more frequently found in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Agwelu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Agwelu is the 1,710,039th most frequently occurring last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 63,925,841 people. Agwelu occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Agwelu are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 97 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
Agwelu is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is held by 113 people, or 1 in 345,480. In Uganda Agwelu is most numerous in: Soroti District, where 50 percent are found, Serere District, where 26 percent are found and Ngora District, where 12 percent are found. Excluding Uganda this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egwelu | 83 | 224 | / |
| Agbelu | 83 | 153 | / |
| Aguelu | 83 | 19 | / |
| Agwalu | 83 | 3 | / |
| Akwelu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Egwuelu | 77 | 238 | / |
| Aguelou | 77 | 24 | / |
| Agbelou | 77 | 13 | / |
| Egweulu | 77 | 3 | / |
| Agueleu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Agwilou | 77 | 2 | / |
| Agwailou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Agueleuh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Egwalu | 67 | 702 | / |
| Ogbelu | 67 | 364 | / |
| Akwolu | 67 | 269 | / |
| Akwalu | 67 | 212 | / |
| Ekwelu | 67 | 175 | / |
| Aguilu | 67 | 146 | / |
| Ogwalu | 67 | 121 | / |
| Oguelu | 67 | 60 | / |
| Okwelu | 67 | 43 | / |
| Agbilu | 67 | 14 | / |
| Ogwolu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Agualu | 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 Agwelu
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