Norwel Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Norwel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
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
Norwel is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Norwel? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,063,924th most commonly used family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. This last name is primarily 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 widespread first name world-wide, borne by 689 people.
The surname Norwel is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria Norwel is mostly found in: Oyo, where 60 percent reside and Lagos, where 40 percent reside. Other than Nigeria it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 20 percent reside and The Philippines, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norwell | 92 | 623 | / |
| Norwil | 83 | 37 | / |
| Norbel | 83 | 15 | / |
| Noruel | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nurwel | 83 | 1 | / |
| Narwele | 77 | 53 | / |
| Norbell | 77 | 11 | / |
| Norwill | 77 | 6 | / |
| Narweel | 77 | 1 | / |
| Noruell | 77 | 1 | / |
| Norwile | 77 | 0 | / |
| Nerwell | 77 | 0 | / |
| Narhwele | 71 | 2 | / |
| Norwille | 71 | 1 | / |
| Narbel | 67 | 238 | / |
| Nurbel | 67 | 226 | / |
| Nörbel | 67 | 18 | / |
| Nuruel | 67 | 5 | / |
| Naruel | 67 | 1 | / |
| Norbil | 67 | 1 | / |
| Norvll | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nourvle | 62 | 7 | / |
| Narwill | 62 | 1 | / |
| Nervl | 55 | 1 | / |
| Narvle | 50 | 2 | / |
| Narbil | 50 | 2 | / |
| Nurbil | 50 | 1 | / |
| Nervll | 50 | 0 | / |
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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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