Awele Surname
Approximately 6,328 people bear this surname
Awele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 4,990 | 1:19,548 | 2,554 |
| Nigeria | 491 | 1:360,780 | 19,368 |
| Benin | 457 | 1:22,616 | 3,036 |
| DR Congo | 192 | 1:384,789 | 33,038 |
| Uganda | 122 | 1:319,994 | 21,696 |
| Cameroon | 57 | 1:364,370 | 32,302 |
| Congo | 11 | 1:453,554 | 10,703 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
Awele (27,206) may also be a first name.
Awele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awele Come From? nationality or country of origin
Awele is held by more people in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Awele click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Awele? popularity and diffusion
It is the 77,304th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 1,151,635 people. Awele occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Awele are found; 81 percent are found in East Africa and 79 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 30,024th most frequent first name internationally. It is borne by 27,206 people.
Awele is most common in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 4,990 people, or 1 in 19,548. Excluding Ethiopia this last name occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 8 percent live and Benin, where 7 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 Awele
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