Nwell Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Sierra Leone

Nwell Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Nwell (28) may also be a first name.

Nwell Last Name Facts

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

Nwell occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwell? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,360,413th most commonly held last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 56 percent of Nwell live; 56 percent live in North America and 56 percent live in Anglo-North America. Nwell is also the 1,994,417th most frequently occurring forename globally, borne by 28 people.

This surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 72,491,787. In The United States Nwell is primarily found in: Washington, where 40 percent live, California, where 20 percent live and Florida, where 20 percent live. Beside The United States it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 22 percent live and Nigeria, where 11 percent live.

Nwell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Nwell has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Nwell last name grew 500 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Nwell Last Name Statistics demography

Nwell earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3.88% more than the national average, earning $44,825 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nwelle9110/
Nweall911/
N'Well911/
Nwel8911/
Nwele802,879/
Nuell80227/
Nwael803/
Nweel803/
Nwelh801/
Nwhel801/
Nwoel801/
Geenwell774/
Nwl7529/
Nwehel7335/
Nweale733/
Nnwele732/
Nweelh731/
Nwheel731/
Nouell731/
Nweele731/
Nuel671,556/
Nbel6799/
Nwwl673/
Nwld671/
Nwheelh671/
Nwyl671/

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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 Nwell
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