Richwell Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Norway

Richwell Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Richwell Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
England11:55,718,059489,080
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Richwell (1,898) may also be a first name.

Richwell Last Name Facts

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

The last name Richwell has its highest incidence in Ghana. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Richwell.

How Common Is The Last Name Richwell? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,908,606th most prevalent family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Richwell are found; 38 percent are found in West Africa and 38 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 174,466th most common first name internationally, borne by 1,898 people.

This surname is most common in Ghana, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 6,755,173. Barring Ghana Richwell is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 13 percent reside and Norway, where 13 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Riechwell940/
Richwel932/
Richbell88213/
Riswell801/
Richuel800/
Reichweldt781/
Raiswell7570/
Ritzwell751/
Ruchuell750/
Raisewell714/
Risbell6715/
Raiswel672/
Rechuel671/
Rexwell671/
Reswell670/
Reeswell630/
Reesbøll501/
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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 Richwell
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