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 found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekwelle? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 443,594th most frequently held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 9,464,345 people. The surname Ekwelle is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ekwelle reside; 98 percent reside in Central Africa and 98 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most prevalent first name internationally It is held by 25 people.
The surname is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 755 people, or 1 in 27,509. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Littoral Region, where 44 percent live, Southwest Region, where 40 percent live and Centre Region, where 9 percent live. Aside from Cameroon this last name 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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