Bigwel Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Bigwel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bigwel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines391:2,595,852132,893
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144

Bigwel Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bigwel Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Bigwel is carried by more people in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Bigwel.

How Common Is The Last Name Bigwel? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,100,440th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. Bigwel is primarily found in Asia, where 98 percent of Bigwel are found; 98 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 98 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.

The surname is most commonly occurring in The Philippines, where it is carried by 39 people, or 1 in 2,595,852. In The Philippines it is most numerous in: Cordillera Administrative Region, where 49 percent reside, Ilocos, where 36 percent reside and Cagayan Valley, where 8 percent reside. Not including The Philippines Bigwel exists in one country. It is also found in Malawi, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bigwell9216/
Bigwele9215/
Biguel8340/
Bigwil8327/
Bigbel8312/
Bikwel831/
Begwel831/
Beiguel7748/
Biguell773/
Bigwile773/
Bigwill772/
Bikwell771/
Bicwell771/
Buiguel771/
Begwell770/
Bickwell7110/
Beagweal711/
Biekwell710/
Beguel67369/
Viguel6712/
Begwil673/
Béguel672/
Biquel671/
Biguil671/

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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
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  • 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 Bigwel
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