Norwel Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Norwel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Norwel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Norwel (689) may also be a first name.

Norwel Last Name Facts

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

The last name Norwel is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Norwel? popularity and diffusion

The last name Norwel is the 6,063,924th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 60 percent of Norwel reside; 50 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 315,065th most frequently occurring forename at a global level It is held by 689 people.

The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Oyo, where 60 percent reside and Lagos, where 40 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 20 percent reside and The Philippines, where 10 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Norwell92623/
Norwil8337/
Norbel8315/
Noruel831/
Nurwel831/
Narwele7753/
Norbell7711/
Norwill776/
Narweel771/
Noruell771/
Norwile770/
Nerwell770/
Narhwele712/
Norwille711/
Narbel67238/
Nurbel67226/
Nörbel6718/
Nuruel675/
Naruel671/
Norbil671/
Norvll671/
Nourvle627/
Narwill621/
Nervl551/
Narvle502/
Narbil502/
Nurbil501/
Nervll500/

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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 Norwel
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