Ebwele Surname

794,916th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 354 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Ebwele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ebwele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon3301:62,9378,023
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
France21:33,211,361423,184
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Ebwele Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ebwele is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Ebwele.

How Common Is The Last Name Ebwele? popularity and diffusion

The last name Ebwele is the 794,916th most frequently held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 20,586,288 people. The last name Ebwele occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ebwele are found; 98 percent are found in Central Africa and 96 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 330 people, or 1 in 62,937. In Cameroon it is most common in: Littoral Region, where 67 percent live, Centre Region, where 19 percent live and Southwest Region, where 8 percent live. Other than Cameroon Ebwele is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 6 percent live and France, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ebwelle92508/
Ebwel9142/
Ebweiler860/
Ibwele8383/
Ebwela8355/
Ebuele8340/
Ebwole831/
Ebwale831/
Abwele831/
Obwele831/
Ebouele77529/
Ebhuele7774/
Empwele771/
Hebwell770/
Ebbeale770/
Ebwil731/
Ebuela67223/
Obwale67162/
Obuele6765/
Ebbeli6747/
Ebwila6734/
Ibuele6721/
Abwole6710/
Ebbile675/
Abwale672/
Obwole671/
Ibwole671/
Ibwale671/
Ibbele671/

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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 Ebwele
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