Ekwele Surname
Approximately 858 people bear this surname
Ekwele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 451 | 1:163,813 | 16,894 |
| Cameroon | 352 | 1:59,003 | 7,595 |
| Nigeria | 46 | 1:3,850,930 | 110,272 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
Ekwele (49) may also be a first name.
Ekwele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekwele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ekwele has its highest incidence in The DR Congo. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekwele? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 407,730th most frequently used family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 8,493,643 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekwele live; 93 percent live in Central Africa and 93 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,430,306th most frequently occurring given name in the world, borne by 49 people.
The last name Ekwele is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 451 people, or 1 in 163,813. Other than The DR Congo this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 41 percent are found and Nigeria, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ekwelle | 92 | 770 | / |
| Ekwelie | 92 | 51 | / |
| Ekwelet | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ekwuele | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ekwel | 91 | 83 | / |
| Ekwle | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ekwealer | 86 | 3 | / |
| Ekwale | 83 | 591 | / |
| Ekweli | 83 | 464 | / |
| Okwele | 83 | 463 | / |
| Akwele | 83 | 444 | / |
| Egwele | 83 | 259 | / |
| Ekwela | 83 | 190 | / |
| Ikwele | 83 | 131 | / |
| Ekwell | 83 | 16 | / |
| Ekuele | 83 | 4 | / |
| Ekwole | 83 | 3 | / |
| Ekhweilhe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Akweley | 77 | 280 | / |
| Ikwelle | 77 | 42 | / |
| Ekwalle | 77 | 39 | / |
| Ekweali | 77 | 27 | / |
| Ekwille | 77 | 18 | / |
| Egwelle | 77 | 5 | / |
| Ekwaley | 77 | 4 | / |
| Ekwueli | 77 | 4 | / |
| Ekweala | 77 | 3 | / |
| Egwuele | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ekwaleh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okwuele | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ogkwele | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ikwelet | 77 | 1 | / |
| Inkwele | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okweele | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okweley | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekweald | 77 | 1 | / |
| Eckwale | 77 | 0 | / |
| Heckweiler | 75 | 1 | / |
| Eckweiller | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ikwel | 73 | 24 | / |
| Hekouele | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ikweelet | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okwueleh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Eckhwell | 71 | 0 | / |
| Heckwell | 71 | 0 | / |
| Egbele | 67 | 1,951 | / |
| Okwale | 67 | 564 | / |
| Igwele | 67 | 443 | / |
| Akwale | 67 | 319 | / |
| Egwela | 67 | 152 | / |
| Ikweli | 67 | 132 | / |
| Agwele | 67 | 86 | / |
| Ikwely | 67 | 78 | / |
| Egwale | 67 | 60 | / |
| Akweli | 67 | 60 | / |
| Ogwele | 67 | 40 | / |
| Okweli | 67 | 37 | / |
| Ikwela | 67 | 37 | / |
| Ekwali | 67 | 30 | / |
| Ekwili | 67 | 22 | / |
| Ekuela | 67 | 21 | / |
| Akuele | 67 | 14 | / |
| Okwole | 67 | 6 | / |
| Okwelehie | 67 | 5 | / |
| Eguele | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ikwale | 67 | 3 | / |
| Egwole | 67 | 3 | / |
| Egweli | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ekuile | 67 | 2 | / |
| Okuele | 67 | 2 | / |
| Escweiler | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akwole | 67 | 1 | / |
| Egwyle | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okwile | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akwile | 67 | 1 | / |
| Egwile | 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 Ekwele
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