Tewele Surname
Approximately 3,157 people bear this surname
Tewele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,642 | 1:32,242 | 3,802 |
| Ethiopia | 1,288 | 1:75,735 | 7,282 |
| Ivory Coast | 117 | 1:197,190 | 8,500 |
| DR Congo | 103 | 1:717,277 | 51,618 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Tewele (87) may also be a first name.
Tewele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tewele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tewele occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Tewele click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tewele? popularity and diffusion
The last name Tewele is the 141,194th most frequently held last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 2,308,377 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tewele live; 93 percent live in East Africa and 52 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,024,927th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, held by 87 people.
The last name Tewele is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is held by 1,642 people, or 1 in 32,242. In Tanzania Tewele is primarily found in: Iringa Region, where 42 percent live, Njombe Region, where 22 percent live and Lindi Region, where 12 percent live. Excluding Tanzania this surname is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Ethiopia, where 41 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 4 percent live.
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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 Tewele
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