Sewelo Surname

887,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 303 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Sewelo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sewelo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2471:219,34323,014
Botswana501:43,7398,388
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
England11:55,718,059489,080
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Sewelo (83) may also be a first name.

Sewelo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sewelo is most common in South Africa. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sewelo? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 887,624th most commonly used surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 24,051,307 people. The surname Sewelo is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Sewelo are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Sewelo is also the 1,052,971st most numerous first name on earth, held by 83 people.

The last name is most frequent in South Africa, where it is held by 247 people, or 1 in 219,343. In South Africa Sewelo is most frequent in: North West, where 47 percent live, Gauteng, where 29 percent live and Free State, where 9 percent live. Not including South Africa this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 17 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Sewelo Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Sewelo earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 59.33% less than the national average, earning R 96,648 per year and in United States they earn 0.15% less than the national average, earning $43,083 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Siewelo926/
Sehwelo921/
Sewello921/
Seweloh921/
Sewela831,402/
Sebelo83386/
Sevelo83180/
Sewolo83137/
Sowelo8359/
Siwelo8346/
Sewilo8334/
Sawelo8314/
Jewelo831/
Seabelo772,062/
Sebeelo77175/
Shevelo7777/
Sawello7730/
Sewehla7723/
Sebelou7720/
Sevello7720/
Scebelo7720/
Sewillo7717/
Sewiolo7712/
Sewella778/
Seawolo775/
Shewolo774/
Chewelo773/
Sowello772/
Shawelo771/
Saveelo771/
Szeweło771/
Sejuelo771/
Siebelo771/
Seiwalo771/
Shiwelo771/
Sesuelos71160/
Seavello7168/
Szewełło7129/
Schewela7116/
Siewiela718/
Szewieło717/
Shewella714/
Shevello712/
Szewiolo711/
Siwela6713,018/
Sebela673,762/
Sevolo671,579/
Sibelo671,303/
Sebilo671,302/
Sowela67817/
Savelo67379/
Sewiło67213/
Sawilo67190/
Sewala67155/
Sevela67102/
Sovelo6772/
Sawolo6767/
Sawela6762/
Siwolo6732/
Jevelo6723/
Cevelo6720/
Sowolo6718/
Cebelo6717/
Siwalo6717/
Gebelo6717/
Sowalo6714/
Sowilo677/
Sevalo677/
Sawalo675/
Sevilo675/
Zebelo674/
Zawelo674/
Sivelo674/
Shevelyoa673/
Zewela672/
Siwilo672/
Sewola671/
Gewela671/
Sewila671/
Zewolo671/
Seweła671/
Szejwallo671/
Ziwelo671/
Jewela670/
Seiveloth670/

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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
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  • 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 Sewelo
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