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 in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Herwell? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,736,881st most prevalent last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 65,653,567 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 90 percent of Herwell reside; 89 percent reside in Southern Africa and 89 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is borne by 99 people, or 1 in 547,250. In South Africa Herwell is mostly concentrated in: Western Cape, where 95 percent live and Gauteng, where 5 percent live. Aside from South Africa it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Norway, where 9 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.

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/

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis