Okwele Surname
Approximately 463 people bear this surname
Okwele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 379 | 1:103,006 | 10,271 |
| Nigeria | 78 | 1:2,271,061 | 76,915 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
Okwele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okwele Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okwele occurs more in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okwele? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 652,085th most frequent family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 15,739,840 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Okwele reside; 82 percent reside in East Africa and 44 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Okwele is most widely held in Uganda, where it is carried by 379 people, or 1 in 103,006. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Apac District, where 33 percent are found, Kumi District, where 18 percent are found and Amuria District, where 10 percent are found. Outside of Uganda this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 17 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okwelle | 92 | 223 | / |
| Okweley | 92 | 1 | / |
| Okweele | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ogkwele | 92 | 1 | / |
| Okwuele | 92 | 1 | / |
| Okwel | 91 | 825 | / |
| Okwueleh | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ekwele | 83 | 858 | / |
| Okwale | 83 | 564 | / |
| Akwele | 83 | 444 | / |
| Ogwele | 83 | 40 | / |
| Okweli | 83 | 37 | / |
| Okwell | 83 | 19 | / |
| Ukwele | 83 | 19 | / |
| Okwela | 83 | 18 | / |
| Okwole | 83 | 6 | / |
| Okuele | 83 | 2 | / |
| Ockwel | 83 | 1 | / |
| Okwile | 83 | 1 | / |
| Okwelehie | 80 | 5 | / |
| Ockwell | 77 | 938 | / |
| Akweley | 77 | 280 | / |
| Ekwelie | 77 | 51 | / |
| Ogwelle | 77 | 13 | / |
| Akwelle | 77 | 13 | / |
| Okwesil | 77 | 10 | / |
| Ogwelet | 77 | 9 | / |
| Okwaale | 77 | 6 | / |
| Ogweale | 77 | 3 | / |
| Okcwell | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ogwaele | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okwueli | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekwuele | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hocwele | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okwuela | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okwaley | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okwalle | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hokwell | 77 | 0 | / |
| Okwuelehie | 75 | 1 | / |
| Akwel | 73 | 187 | / |
| Okwil | 73 | 29 | / |
| Okwyl | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ogwle | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hockwell | 71 | 4 | / |
| Okouelea | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hankwele | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hookwell | 71 | 0 | / |
| Okwoli | 67 | 2,083 | / |
| Ogbele | 67 | 632 | / |
| Ekwale | 67 | 591 | / |
| Ogwale | 67 | 583 | / |
| Ekweli | 67 | 464 | / |
| Akwale | 67 | 319 | / |
| Oguele | 67 | 317 | / |
| Egwele | 67 | 259 | / |
| Okwili | 67 | 207 | / |
| Ukwela | 67 | 200 | / |
| Ogwela | 67 | 199 | / |
| Ukweli | 67 | 168 | / |
| Okwali | 67 | 165 | / |
| Agwele | 67 | 86 | / |
| Ogwole | 67 | 64 | / |
| Akweli | 67 | 60 | / |
| Akwela | 67 | 54 | / |
| Ugwele | 67 | 39 | / |
| Ogweli | 67 | 28 | / |
| Akuele | 67 | 14 | / |
| Okwoly | 67 | 9 | / |
| Akwell | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ockouelet | 67 | 4 | / |
| Okwily | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ekuele | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ekwole | 67 | 3 | / |
| Okwesilli | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akwile | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oghwle | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akwole | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okwill | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ocwell | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Okwele
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