Okwelo Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Okwelo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Okwelo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okwelo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okwelo is found most frequently in Uganda. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Okwelo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okwelo? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,360,413th most frequent surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. Okwelo is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Okwelo live; 89 percent live in East Africa and 78 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most widespread in Uganda, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 6,506,546. In Uganda Okwelo is primarily found in: Bugiri District, where 50 percent are found, Kampala District, where 17 percent are found and Mayuge District, where 17 percent are found. Other than Uganda this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 22 percent are found and Nigeria, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okwello | 92 | 6 | / |
| Onkwelo | 92 | 1 | / |
| Okwuelo | 92 | 1 | / |
| Okwalo | 83 | 259 | / |
| Okwela | 83 | 18 | / |
| Akwelo | 83 | 6 | / |
| Ogwelo | 83 | 4 | / |
| Ekwelo | 83 | 3 | / |
| Okwilo | 83 | 3 | / |
| Okwolo | 83 | 2 | / |
| Okwuelioe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ekwealo | 77 | 32 | / |
| Ekweilo | 77 | 5 | / |
| Ekwaelo | 77 | 5 | / |
| Ekweluo | 77 | 3 | / |
| Ekweulo | 77 | 3 | / |
| Okwohlo | 77 | 2 | / |
| Okwuilo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okwuela | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akweelo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akwello | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekwealuo | 71 | 21 | / |
| Ekwealou | 71 | 3 | / |
| Akwealuo | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ukwela | 67 | 200 | / |
| Ogwela | 67 | 199 | / |
| Ekwela | 67 | 190 | / |
| Agwelo | 67 | 91 | / |
| Ekwalo | 67 | 73 | / |
| Akwela | 67 | 54 | / |
| Okwala | 67 | 42 | / |
| Ogwolo | 67 | 40 | / |
| Ogwalo | 67 | 23 | / |
| Ekwilo | 67 | 20 | / |
| Ekwolo | 67 | 19 | / |
| Ogwilo | 67 | 13 | / |
| Akwalo | 67 | 10 | / |
| Akwilo | 67 | 10 | / |
| Okwola | 67 | 8 | / |
| Ocwalo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Egwelo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ogbelo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ocwilo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akwolo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uqwelo | 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 Okwelo
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