O'Wells Surname
10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States
O'Wells Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owells | 92 | 11 | / |
| Howells | 86 | 24,796 | / |
| O'Wills | 86 | 1 | / |
| O'Welsh | 86 | 1 | / |
| O'Walls | 86 | 1 | / |
| Owels | 83 | 14 | / |
| Howelles | 80 | 2 | / |
| Howellls | 80 | 1 | / |
| Howels | 77 | 115 | / |
| Awells | 77 | 2 | / |
| Owills | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oweles | 77 | 1 | / |
| Owalls | 77 | 0 | / |
| Gowels | 77 | 0 | / |
| Oels | 73 | 306 | / |
| Hovells | 71 | 107 | / |
| Goelles | 71 | 49 | / |
| Hawells | 71 | 28 | / |
| Howellx | 71 | 7 | / |
| Howalls | 71 | 4 | / |
| Howeles | 71 | 2 | / |
| Houells | 71 | 1 | / |
| Howelss | 71 | 1 | / |
| O'Wiles | 71 | 1 | / |
| Howeels | 71 | 1 | / |
| Howeuls | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ovelles | 71 | 1 | / |
| O'Walsh | 71 | 1 | / |
| O'Welch | 71 | 1 | / |
| Goyells | 71 | 0 | / |
| Howills | 71 | 0 | / |
| Eells | 67 | 1,851 | / |
| Yells | 67 | 128 | / |
| Goels | 67 | 74 | / |
| Eills | 67 | 48 | / |
| Eulls | 67 | 41 | / |
| Uells | 67 | 26 | / |
| Oehls | 67 | 4 | / |
| Awels | 67 | 3 | / |
| Owals | 67 | 2 | / |
| O'Valles | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oiels | 67 | 1 | / |
| Houvells | 67 | 1 | / |
| Howalles | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oills | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ealls | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 O'Wells
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