Iwele Surname
Approximately 137 people bear this surname
Iwele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 82 | 1:900,970 | 60,382 |
| Nigeria | 39 | 1:4,542,122 | 122,724 |
| Congo | 9 | 1:554,344 | 12,633 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Iwele (18) may also be a first name.
Iwele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iwele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Iwele is more commonly found in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Iwele? popularity and diffusion
Iwele is the 1,518,885th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 53,193,766 people. The last name Iwele is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Iwele are found; 66 percent are found in Central Africa and 66 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most widely held given name at a global level, held by 18 people.
This last name is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is held by 82 people, or 1 in 900,970. Other than The DR Congo it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 28 percent are found and The Congo, where 7 percent are found.
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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 Iwele
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