Herwell Surname

1,736,881st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 111 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Norway

Herwell Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Herwell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa991:547,25043,124
Norway101:514,22941,629
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Herwell Last Name Facts

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

The surname Herwell occurs most in South Africa. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Herwell click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Herwell? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,736,881st most frequent last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 65,653,567 people. Herwell is predominantly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Herwell live; 89 percent live in Southern Africa and 89 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Herwell is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 99 people, or 1 in 547,250. In South Africa Herwell is most numerous in: Western Cape, where 95 percent reside and Gauteng, where 5 percent reside. Barring South Africa it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Norway, where 9 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.

Herwell Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Herwell earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 2.05% less than the national average, earning 338,973 kr per year and in South Africa they earn 22.66% less than the national average, earning R 183,792 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cherwell930/
Hearwell930/
Haerwell930/
Herwel92186/
Erwell9215/
Harwell8610,448/
Horwell86850/
Herwill8698/
Herbell8642/
Härwell8617/
Hirwell863/
Eurwell861/
Earwell860/
Erwel839/
Harrwell803/
Heerweel801/
Gerrwell800/
Herbel773,119/
Orwell77478/
Herwil7761/
Erbell7712/
Harwel779/
Arwell776/
Erwill772/
Erwele771/
Irwell771/
Horwel770/
Horwill71414/
Cheruel71253/
Cherbel71137/
Herruel71124/
Herouel7154/
Gerbell713/
Harwill712/
Airwell712/
Kheerwl711/
Heuruel711/
Kheruel711/
Herwldt711/
Jeruell711/
Erweihl711/
Haruell711/
Harweel711/
Herwile711/
Jerbell710/
Erbel671,014/
Eruel67168/
Cherouel67127/
Cherruel6727/
Arwel6726/
Eirewele6725/
Orwel6717/
Herbl6711/
Erwil673/
Heerwwlh671/

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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 Herwell
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