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 last name Azele is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant: Azèle. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Azele? popularity and diffusion
The surname Azele is the 386,702nd most commonly held family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 7,938,503 people. The last name Azele occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Azele live; 58 percent live in Southern Africa and 58 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 239,992nd most commonly held first name at a global level, held by 1,105 people.
Azele is most frequently used in Malawi, where it is carried by 497 people, or 1 in 34,445. Not including Malawi this surname occurs in 16 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 25 percent are found and Nigeria, where 8 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 Azele
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