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
The last name Awele is carried by more people in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Awele? popularity and diffusion
The surname Awele is the 77,304th most frequently used surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,151,635 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Awele live; 81 percent live in East Africa and 79 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Awele is also the 30,024th most frequently held first name on earth, held by 27,206 people.
This surname is most frequent in Ethiopia, where it is held by 4,990 people, or 1 in 19,548. Beside Ethiopia this last name exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 8 percent reside and Benin, where 7 percent reside.
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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 Awele
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