Lwoyelo Surname

1,478,479th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 143 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Lwoyelo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Lwoyelo Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1371:337,08020,325
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
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  • Religious Adherence in:
    Kenya

Lwoyelo Demographics

Lwoyelo Religious Adherence
in Kenya

Sample size: 2 (2018)

Religious Adherence
in Kenya

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Lwoyelo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lwoyelo is found most in Kenya. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Lwoyelo.

How Common Is The Last Name Lwoyelo? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,478,479th most frequently held last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 50,961,860 people. The surname Lwoyelo is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Lwoyelo live; 96 percent live in East Africa and 90 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 137 people, or 1 in 337,080. In Kenya Lwoyelo is most common in: Kakamega County, where 89 percent are found, Vihiga County, where 7 percent are found and Trans Nzoia County, where 3 percent are found. Excluding Kenya this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Sudan, where 3 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Lwoyelo Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Lwoyelo surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lweyelo861/
Hlwayelo801/
Lwayela7155/
Lueyelo711/
Lwiyela711/
Hlwaelo711/
Hlwayela6718/
Lweela621/
Lwailo621/
Luealoi577/
Lwajulo571/
Lyuhailo533/
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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 Lwoyelo
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