Nwaelele Surname

945,594th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 277 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwaelele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Nwaelele 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
Nigeria2731:648,87530,450
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479

Nwaelele Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nwaelele is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwaelele? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 945,594th most commonly occurring last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 26,308,830 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nwaelele live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 273 people, or 1 in 648,875. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Rivers, where 73 percent live, Abia, where 16 percent live and Kano, where 7 percent live. Beside Nigeria Nwaelele exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, 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
Nwelele93151/
Nwalele9374/
Nwuelele881/
Mvelele6748/
Nwalali6736/
Nwalili671/
Nwalale671/
Mveleli5395/
Nwolali534/
Nwolili532/
Nuelaeli5072/
Nwalolie501/
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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 Nwaelele
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