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 last name Nwaelele occurs most in Nigeria. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwaelele? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 945,594th most prevalent last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 26,308,830 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nwaelele reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Nwaelele is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 273 people, or 1 in 648,875. In Nigeria Nwaelele is most prevalent in: Rivers, where 73 percent reside, Abia, where 16 percent reside and Kano, where 7 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent reside.

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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