Oswel Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Vanuatu

Oswel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oswel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
England11:55,718,059489,080
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Oswel (491) may also be a first name.

Oswel Last Name Facts

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

The last name Oswel is found most frequently in India. It may also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Oswel? popularity and diffusion

Oswel is the 6,063,924th most widespread surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. Oswel is predominantly found in Asia, where 40 percent of Oswel live; 30 percent live in South Asia and 30 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Oswel is also the 383,498th most frequently occurring first name globally. It is borne by 491 people.

The last name is most numerous in India, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 255,688,461. In India Oswel is mostly concentrated in: Kerala, where 100 percent live. Other than India this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 20 percent live and China, where 10 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oswell911,681/
Oswele912/
Oswl891/
Hoswell83229/
Oisewel832/
Oswelld830/
Oshwell830/
Aswel8011/
Osuel804/
Osbel802/
Oswil801/
Oxwel801/
Oswlt800/
Gosswell770/
Houswell770/
Aswell73401/
Haswel73316/
Oxwell7397/
Oswill7348/
Ousbel7323/
Otsuel7315/
Ashwel7310/
Goswil734/
Osbell733/
Asweld732/
Aswele732/
Hosuel732/
Eswehl731/
Asweel731/
Oshuel731/
Aswael731/
Eswell731/
Uswell731/
Hootswell710/
Haswell675,796/
Ashwell673,316/
Heswell679/
Aswl674/
Ushwell673/
Ozwl671/
Oxwl671/
Osvl671/
Ochwell671/
Ossouel671/
Euswell671/
Hoxwell671/
Auswell671/
Ausweld670/
Huswell670/

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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 Oswel
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