Ewels Surname

1,076,574th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 230 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Ewels Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ewels Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa821:660,70448,422
England561:994,96549,531
Australia271:999,84158,390
New Zealand251:181,13319,287
Germany191:4,237,129172,669
United States111:32,950,812797,015
France71:9,488,960336,266
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England251:975,01539,671

Ewels Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ewels Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Ewels occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ewels? popularity and diffusion

Ewels is the 1,076,574th most frequently occurring family name globally It is held by around 1 in 31,684,982 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 36 percent of Ewels reside; 36 percent reside in Southern Africa and 36 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most widespread in South Africa, where it is borne by 82 people, or 1 in 660,704. In South Africa Ewels is most prevalent in: Eastern Cape, where 54 percent live, Western Cape, where 23 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 17 percent live. Barring South Africa Ewels occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in England, where 24 percent live and Australia, where 12 percent live.

Ewels Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Ewels has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Ewels surname rose 224 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Ewels Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Ewels earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 56.51% more than the national average, earning R 371,916 per year and in United States they earn 56.98% less than the national average, earning $18,562 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jewels91687/
Ewells9129/
Eweles912/
Ewls892/
Jewells8396/
Hiewels8318/
Ewelles830/
Ewles80491/
Ebels80473/
Jewls805/
Iwels801/
Ewils801/
Ewlls801/
Hoewells771/
Jewelles771/
Hebels73347/
Jewelz7316/
Jwells735/
Jewles734/
Hewles731/
Ewills731/
Jweiles6772/
Awls6744/
Heebels6718/
Owls678/
Ebls675/
Ewlx671/
Ywls671/
Heebles671/
Heuwelz671/
Hoewlls671/
Evls671/
Yowells670/

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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 Ewels
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