Awelu Surname
Approximately 2,020 people bear this surname
Awelu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1,932 | 1:50,490 | 5,344 |
| Nigeria | 65 | 1:2,725,273 | 87,396 |
| Uganda | 21 | 1:1,859,013 | 62,128 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
Awelu (1,256) may also be a first name.
Awelu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awelu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Awelu is more commonly found in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Awelu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 205,431st most commonly occurring last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 3,607,696 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Awelu are found; 97 percent are found in East Africa and 96 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 222,733rd most frequent first name in the world, borne by 1,256 people.
The last name Awelu is most commonly occurring in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 1,932 people, or 1 in 50,490. Apart from Ethiopia Awelu exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 3 percent reside and Uganda, where 1 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 Awelu
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