Piwele Surname

3,373,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Piwele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Piwele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon231:903,00360,285
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
France21:33,211,361423,184
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Piwele Last Name Facts

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

Piwele is most common in Cameroon. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Piwele? popularity and diffusion

The last name Piwele is the 3,373,373rd most prevalent family name globally It is held by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 79 percent of Piwele reside; 68 percent reside in Central Africa and 68 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.

This surname is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 903,003. In Cameroon Piwele is most common in: Littoral Region, where 91 percent are found and East Region, where 4 percent are found. Barring Cameroon this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 12 percent are found and France, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Piwle911/
Piwale8321/
Piwell836/
Pibele835/
Piwgel833/
Puwele831/
Pewele831/
Peweley771/
Piowely771/
Pisweal771/
Pewaele771/
Piwaleu771/
Pivelle771/
Pivel7364/
Pewel731/
Peijwale711/
Peiveley710/
Pieveley710/
Pywell671,603/
Peweli67755/
Piwili67525/
Pivale6766/
Paivel6731/
Pewale6725/
Piveli6711/
Pevale6711/
Pebele675/
Puwale675/
Pewell673/
Pewely672/
Pivela671/
Pievil671/
Pively671/
Pevele671/
Poivel670/
Pievel670/
Pivell670/

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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 Piwele
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