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
Awelu is carried by more people in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Awelu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 205,431st most frequent surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 3,607,696 people. The last name Awelu is predominantly found 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 frequently occurring first name worldwide It is held by 1,256 people.
This last name is most common in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 1,932 people, or 1 in 50,490. Aside from Ethiopia this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 3 percent are found and Uganda, where 1 percent are found.
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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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