Egwela Surname
Approximately 152 people bear this surname
Egwela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 127 | 1:1,394,825 | 54,286 |
| Uganda | 25 | 1:1,561,571 | 56,175 |
Egwela (15) may also be a first name.
Egwela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Egwela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Egwela is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Egwela click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Egwela? popularity and diffusion
The last name Egwela is the 1,422,956th most frequently held last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 47,944,381 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Egwela live; 84 percent live in West Africa and 84 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most widely held given name globally. It is borne by 15 people.
The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 127 people, or 1 in 1,394,825. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Ebonyi, where 93 percent are found, Lagos, where 3 percent are found and Ogun, where 2 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 16 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engwela | 92 | 41 | / |
| Egwella | 92 | 6 | / |
| Igwela | 83 | 307 | / |
| Egwele | 83 | 259 | / |
| Ogwela | 83 | 199 | / |
| Ekwela | 83 | 190 | / |
| Egwala | 83 | 48 | / |
| Agwela | 83 | 8 | / |
| Egwola | 83 | 8 | / |
| Egbela | 83 | 6 | / |
| Egwelo | 83 | 3 | / |
| Egweli | 83 | 3 | / |
| Ingwela | 77 | 63 | / |
| Eguelay | 77 | 31 | / |
| Igwelas | 77 | 16 | / |
| Igwella | 77 | 14 | / |
| Ekweala | 77 | 3 | / |
| Igweala | 77 | 2 | / |
| Eskwela | 77 | 2 | / |
| Egwuele | 77 | 2 | / |
| Egueila | 77 | 1 | / |
| Agweila | 77 | 1 | / |
| Igweela | 77 | 1 | / |
| Igwelea | 77 | 1 | / |
| Eghweili | 71 | 6 | / |
| Eghweily | 71 | 2 | / |
| Igwelaja | 71 | 1 | / |
| Igwelaha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Egwueloy | 71 | 1 | / |
| Egbele | 67 | 1,951 | / |
| Ogwola | 67 | 1,258 | / |
| Ekwele | 67 | 858 | / |
| Igwala | 67 | 556 | / |
| Ekweli | 67 | 464 | / |
| Igwele | 67 | 443 | / |
| Egbelo | 67 | 365 | / |
| Egbeli | 67 | 230 | / |
| Agwala | 67 | 180 | / |
| Ekwala | 67 | 178 | / |
| Ogwala | 67 | 111 | / |
| Agwelo | 67 | 91 | / |
| Igweli | 67 | 69 | / |
| Igwelo | 67 | 60 | / |
| Akwela | 67 | 54 | / |
| Ikwela | 67 | 37 | / |
| Agwola | 67 | 33 | / |
| Agwila | 67 | 23 | / |
| Egwolo | 67 | 22 | / |
| Eguila | 67 | 22 | / |
| Ekuela | 67 | 21 | / |
| Okwela | 67 | 18 | / |
| Igbela | 67 | 17 | / |
| Egwili | 67 | 16 | / |
| Iguela | 67 | 13 | / |
| Egbila | 67 | 13 | / |
| Igwila | 67 | 9 | / |
| Ogwelo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Eguele | 67 | 4 | / |
| Egwilo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Egueli | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ekwelo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Equela | 67 | 2 | / |
| Egvila | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ogwila | 67 | 1 | / |
| Egwile | 67 | 1 | / |
| Egwyle | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Egwela
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis