Kwel Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Kwel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kwel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland141:2,714,911112,031
South Sudan41:2,853,7691,758
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Kwel (127) may also be a first name.

Kwel Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kwel is more frequently found in Poland than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Kwel.

How Common Is The Last Name Kwel? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,882,373rd most frequent surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. Kwel is primarily found in Europe, where 54 percent of Kwel reside; 54 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 54 percent reside in West Slavic Europe. Kwel is also the 825,494th most frequently occurring first name internationally, held by 127 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Poland, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 2,714,911. Aside from Poland it exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in South Sudan, where 15 percent are found and Cameroon, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kwele892,281/
Kwiel8944/
Kwell8916/
Kweel894/
Kwoel893/
Kwuel893/
Kwelh891/
Kwl865/
Kwelle80259/
Khwele80167/
Khwelh801/
Kwweel801/
Kweelh801/
Kweile801/
Kuel757,851/
Kwil75235/
Gwel7525/
Kwwl752/
Kcwl752/
Qwel752/
Kkwl751/
Cwel751/
Qkwl751/
Kwld751/
Kwhl750/
Kh'weil731/
Khweile731/
Cwele673,589/
Qwele67716/
Kuell67122/
Qweel6739/
Khweilhe6716/
Cwell6712/
Kwill6710/
Gwell678/
Gweel677/
Gwelt674/
Kwail674/
Kwile672/
Kuelt671/
Gwelh671/
Kvehl671/
Cwiel671/
Ghwel671/
Kuelp670/

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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
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  • 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 Kwel
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