Nwawel Surname

857,026th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 318 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Nwawel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwawel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon3161:65,7258,325
France11:66,422,722504,397
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nwawel Last Name Facts

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

Nwawel occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Nwawel.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwawel? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 857,026th most prevalent last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 22,916,811 people. The surname Nwawel is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nwawel reside; 99 percent reside in Central Africa and 99 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.

It is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 316 people, or 1 in 65,725. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 66 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 33 percent are found and South Region, where 1 percent are found. Barring Cameroon it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in France, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nwawell9224/
Nwawele921/
Nwajel837/
Nwawle831/
Nwavele774/
Nwail7313/
Nwoel731/
Nwaile6717/
Nweale673/
Nwejel672/
Mbawel672/
Nwaial671/
Nweall671/
Nweelh671/

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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
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  • 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 Nwawel
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