Lwele Surname

1,369,340th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 161 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Lwele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lwele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1371:539,26742,095
Uganda191:2,054,69965,771
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Lwele (10) may also be a first name.

Lwele Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lwele is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Lwele.

How Common Is The Last Name Lwele? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,369,340th most commonly used last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 45,264,260 people. The last name Lwele is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lwele live; 85 percent live in Central Africa and 85 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Lwele is also the 3,684,242nd most frequent first name world-wide It is held by 10 people.

The surname is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 137 people, or 1 in 539,267. Besides The DR Congo this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 12 percent reside and Tanzania, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hlwele91457/
Lweele916/
Lwaele914/
Lweale913/
Lwelle911/
Hlwaele839/
Lwela80482/
Lwile80115/
Lwale80113/
Luele8077/
Lwely803/
Lweli802/
Lwell801/
Lwhle801/
Lwole801/
Llwel801/
Lwheeler773/
L'Weiler771/
Lwolei7390/
Luetle7324/
Lwaile7322/
Lwelia7321/
Lwoley7314/
Louele737/
Luelle732/
Hlweli732/
Hlwile732/
Lueler731/
Lweela731/
Lhwela731/
Luelie731/
Luelee731/
Lwhale731/
Lwyler730/
L'Wheeler711/
Lwehela67572/
Luesley6776/
Lveille677/
Lueleat672/
L'Wiley672/
Lwisley671/
Luelead671/
L'Wheatley671/
Hlouele671/
Louelee671/
Luetlje671/
Luethle671/

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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 Lwele
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