Angwel Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Uganda

Angwel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Angwel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Angwel Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Angwel Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Angwel is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Angwel click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Angwel? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,723,624th most numerous surname globally It is held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Angwel are found; 63 percent are found in West Africa and 63 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Nasarawa, where 60 percent live, Benue, where 20 percent live and Plateau, where 20 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 25 percent live and The DR Congo, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Angwele9227/
Angwell922/
Hangwele86156/
Angweile861/
Hangwell860/
Anguel83136/
Engwel834/
Ongwel831/
Angbel831/
Haangwele8024/
Hangweele801/
Engwell77134/
Hanguel773/
Anguil6774/
Ongbel6720/
Angbil6713/
Anquel671/
Ancuel671/
Anguill6229/
Angguil622/
Ankouel621/
Enquel5039/
Anquil502/
Onquel501/
Ganqul501/

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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 Angwel
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