Azele Surname
Approximately 918 people bear this surname
Azele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 497 | 1:34,445 | 5,098 |
| Cameroon | 231 | 1:89,909 | 10,801 |
| Nigeria | 70 | 1:2,530,611 | 83,100 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Zimbabwe | 38 | 1:406,269 | 36,425 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
The alternate forms: Azèle (1) are calculated separately.
Azele (1,105) may also be a first name.
Azele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Azele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Azele is found most in Malawi. It may also occur as: Azèle. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Azele? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 386,702nd most frequently used surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,938,503 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Azele reside; 58 percent reside in Southern Africa and 58 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Azele is also the 239,992nd most frequently occurring first name at a global level, borne by 1,105 people.
It is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is borne by 497 people, or 1 in 34,445. Excluding Malawi Azele occurs in 16 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 25 percent reside and Nigeria, where 8 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 Azele
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