Ekwelu Surname
Approximately 175 people bear this surname
Ekwelu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 113 | 1:345,480 | 22,807 |
| Nigeria | 58 | 1:3,054,185 | 94,504 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
Ekwelu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekwelu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ekwelu is found most frequently in Uganda. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekwelu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,295,379th most commonly held surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 41,643,120 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Ekwelu are found; 65 percent are found in East Africa and 65 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is held by 113 people, or 1 in 345,480. In Uganda Ekwelu is mostly concentrated in: Soroti District, where 39 percent live, Amuria District, where 21 percent live and Serere District, where 17 percent live. Barring Uganda this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 33 percent live and England, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ekwealu | 92 | 4 | / |
| Ekwealou | 86 | 3 | / |
| Egwelu | 83 | 224 | / |
| Ekwalu | 83 | 72 | / |
| Ekwilu | 83 | 44 | / |
| Okwelu | 83 | 43 | / |
| Ikwelu | 83 | 3 | / |
| Akwelu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Egwuelu | 77 | 238 | / |
| Okwuelu | 77 | 54 | / |
| Ejkwolu | 77 | 3 | / |
| Egweulu | 77 | 3 | / |
| Ikwuelu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Engwelu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekwolou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekwealoe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Egwalu | 67 | 702 | / |
| Egbelu | 67 | 425 | / |
| Akwolu | 67 | 269 | / |
| Akwalu | 67 | 212 | / |
| Agwelu | 67 | 114 | / |
| Igwelu | 67 | 64 | / |
| Ecwalu | 67 | 38 | / |
| Ikwilu | 67 | 22 | / |
| Ecwilu | 67 | 15 | / |
| Okwolu | 67 | 8 | / |
| Ikwalu | 67 | 6 | / |
| Eguelu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ekuilu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okwalu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okuelu | 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 Ekwelu
- 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