Ekwelle Surname
Approximately 770 people bear this surname
Ekwelle Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 755 | 1:27,509 | 3,739 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Ekwelle (25) may also be a first name.
Ekwelle Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekwelle Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ekwelle is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekwelle? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 443,594th most commonly occurring last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,464,345 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ekwelle are found; 98 percent are found in Central Africa and 98 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Ekwelle is also the 2,136,160th most commonly occurring given name worldwide, held by 25 people.
The surname Ekwelle is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 755 people, or 1 in 27,509. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Littoral Region, where 44 percent live, Southwest Region, where 40 percent live and Centre Region, where 9 percent live. Not including Cameroon Ekwelle exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 1 percent live and Tunisia, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ekwele | 92 | 858 | / |
| Ekwell | 92 | 16 | / |
| Eckweller | 88 | 2 | / |
| Okwelle | 86 | 223 | / |
| Ikwelle | 86 | 42 | / |
| Ekwille | 86 | 18 | / |
| Akwelle | 86 | 13 | / |
| Egwelle | 86 | 5 | / |
| Ekwella | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ekwuele | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ekwel | 83 | 83 | / |
| Ekwle | 83 | 1 | / |
| Eckhwell | 80 | 0 | / |
| Heckwell | 80 | 0 | / |
| Ekweli | 77 | 464 | / |
| Egwele | 77 | 259 | / |
| Ikwele | 77 | 131 | / |
| Ekuele | 77 | 4 | / |
| Ekwlla | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekhweilhe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ekweali | 71 | 27 | / |
| Ogwelle | 71 | 13 | / |
| Egwella | 71 | 6 | / |
| Akwelli | 71 | 2 | / |
| Eguelle | 71 | 2 | / |
| Egwuele | 71 | 2 | / |
| Egbelle | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ikweell | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ekweald | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ikwel | 67 | 24 | / |
| Hickwell | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekwillia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Egquelle | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hekouele | 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
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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 Ekwelle
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