Jowele Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Jowele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 14 | 1:145,183 | 12,726 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Jowele (106) may also be a first name.
Jowele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jowele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jowele is more commonly found in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Jowele.
How Common Is The Last Name Jowele? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,772,636th most common last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Jowele live; 94 percent live in Southern Africa and 94 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Jowele is also the 915,176th most widely held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 106 people.
Jowele is most frequently occurring in Lesotho, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 145,183. In Lesotho it is most prevalent in: Quthing District, where 93 percent reside and Qacha's Nek District, where 7 percent reside. Aside from Lesotho this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 12 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 6 percent reside.
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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 Jowele
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