Ewelu Surname

752,779th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 381 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ewelu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Ewelu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3401:521,00825,723
Uganda391:1,001,00743,411
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Ewelu (90) may also be a first name.

Ewelu Last Name Facts

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

Ewelu is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Ewelu.

How Common Is The Last Name Ewelu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 752,779th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 19,127,417 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ewelu live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ewelu is also the 1,005,046th most commonly used forename globally It is held by 90 people.

This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 340 people, or 1 in 521,008. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Cross River, where 71 percent reside, Lagos, where 8 percent reside and Enugu, where 6 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 10 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Eswelu9115/
Awelu802,020/
Ewalu801,289/
Iwelu80771/
Ebelu80322/
Ewolu80218/
Ewilu80105/
Owelu808/
Hawelu7361/
Hewalu7323/
Iwelou7310/
Ewolou733/
Ebelou731/
Awellu731/
Ewillu731/
Ewaalu731/
Oywelu731/
Eevelu731/
Hebelu731/
Evelius6777/
Hiwelau671/
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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 Ewelu
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