Nwebele Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwebele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwebele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria101:17,714,276277,641
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Nwebele Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nwebele is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwebele? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,812,366th most frequently used family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwebele reside; 91 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Nwebele is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 17,714,276. In Nigeria Nwebele is most frequent in: Abia, where 60 percent live, Ondo, where 30 percent live and Lagos, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria Nwebele is found in one country. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 9 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nwaebele9310/
Nwobele861,068/
Nbebele8619/
Nwebile8611/
Nwabele862/
Nwebela861/
Nwebale861/
Nwebeli861/
Nwibele861/
Nwaebile805/
Nwobaele804/
Nwebili7188/
Nwebila7173/
Mbebele7123/
Nwabale7122/
Nwaebili67123/
Nwabuile6722/
Nweabili6711/
Nwobieli675/
Nwebolyi673/
Nwebilia671/
Nwaibeli671/
Nwaebali671/
Nwuebili671/

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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 Nwebele
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