Ebwel Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Ebwel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ebwel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon411:506,56340,818
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Ebwel Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ebwel is most common in Cameroon. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Ebwel.

How Common Is The Last Name Ebwel? popularity and diffusion

Ebwel is the 3,017,195th most commonly held family name globally, borne by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ebwel reside; 98 percent reside in Central Africa and 98 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.

The last name Ebwel is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 41 people, or 1 in 506,563. In Cameroon Ebwel is primarily found in: Centre Region, where 39 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 39 percent reside and South Region, where 17 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ebwele91354/
Ebwelle83508/
Hebwell830/
Ebuel8065/
Ebbel8031/
Abwel807/
Ebwil801/
Hebbel73755/
Ebouel73422/
Ibwele7383/
Ebbell7322/
Hepwell671/
Abwl671/
Evbl671/
Hibwell670/
Hebbell670/

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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 Ebwel
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