Kwelo Surname

1,785,358th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 106 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Liberia

Kwelo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kwelo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo891:830,10857,152
Liberia91:489,83723,279
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Benin21:5,167,80184,334
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830

Kwelo (26) may also be a first name.

Kwelo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kwelo is carried by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kwelo? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,785,358th most frequent surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 68,750,433 people. The surname Kwelo is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kwelo live; 86 percent live in Central Africa and 86 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,084,397th most commonly occurring first name internationally It is held by 26 people.

The surname is most common in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 89 people, or 1 in 830,108. Apart from The DR Congo this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 8 percent are found and South Africa, where 4 percent are found.

Kwelo Last Name Statistics demography

Kwelo earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 93.29% less than the national average, earning R 15,936 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Khwelo917/
Kwello912/
Kweloi911/
Kwelio911/
Kweloo911/
Kgweloi831/
Kwela802,570/
Gwelo80612/
Kwalo80372/
Kuelo80347/
Kwolo8041/
Qwelo805/
Kwilo803/
Khwela738,247/
Nkuelo73890/
Kwella73280/
Kwehla7383/
Kwallo7365/
Kgwalo7327/
Kwaloo738/
Kwahlo737/
Qhwelo736/
Kueloh736/
Kweila735/
Kwaela735/
Kwelia735/
Kwhalo734/
Kuelho733/
Kwelah733/
Kwailo733/
Kuelio732/
Kwiela732/
Kkwela731/
Kqwela731/
Kwhela731/
Qwhelo731/
Kueluo731/
Kwoloh731/
Kwaalo731/
Gweloh731/
Kwilosz67343/
Khwehla6784/
Ngwealo6734/
Nkwelah6718/
Ngwuelo6712/
Ngwelio6711/
Kwaelya677/
Ng'welo676/
Kgwetla676/
Nghwelo675/
Khwella674/
Kwealeu673/
Kwehela673/
Kgwehla671/
Nkwelya671/
Ngweloh671/
Kouelho671/
Ngqwelo671/
Kwailoy671/
Khweila671/
Kweilla671/
Kwailoa671/

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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 Kwelo
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