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

Ebwel occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ebwel? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ebwel is the 3,017,195th most frequently held family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ebwel reside; 98 percent reside in Central Africa and 98 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.

The surname Ebwel is most numerous 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 are found, Littoral Region, where 39 percent are found and South Region, where 17 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon Ebwel occurs in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 2 percent are found.

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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