Nkwel Surname

1,918,812th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 94 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Nkwel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Nkwel 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
Cameroon931:223,32322,423
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Nkwel Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nkwel occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Nkwel click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkwel? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nkwel is the 1,918,812th most frequent surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 77,527,084 people. The surname Nkwel is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nkwel are found; 99 percent are found in Central Africa and 99 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.

This surname is most common in Cameroon, where it is held by 93 people, or 1 in 223,323. In Cameroon Nkwel is most numerous in: Littoral Region, where 52 percent live, South Region, where 25 percent live and Centre Region, where 24 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon it exists in one country. It is also found in Belgium, where 1 percent live.

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
Nkwele91692/
Nkwelle832,076/
Nkcwele831/
Nqwele7380/
Ncwele739/
Nkwile731/
Ngqwele6758/
Ngcwele6731/
N'Kouel672/
N'Kwile671/
Ngwouel671/
Nqwl671/
Nguel60151/
Nkuil6026/
Ngbel602/
Ngouel557/
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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 Nkwel
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