Thelwel Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Jamaica
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Thelwel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Thelwel 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
Jamaica121:239,1626,359
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Thelwel Last Name Facts

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

The last name Thelwel occurs most in Jamaica. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Thelwel? popularity and diffusion

The surname Thelwel is the 5,057,639th most commonly held last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The last name Thelwel occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Thelwel live; 80 percent live in Caribbean and 80 percent live in Anglo-Caribbean.

The surname Thelwel is most prevalent in Jamaica, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 239,162. In Jamaica it is most numerous in: Surrey County, where 92 percent are found and Middlesex County, where 8 percent are found. Beside Jamaica this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 13 percent are found and Canada, where 7 percent are found.

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
Thelwell932,026/
Thellwell882/
Telwell862/
Telwele861/
Telbel771/
Teluel771/
Thiolwell750/
Tlwl731/
Tilwell713/
Tellwil713/
Tillwell670/
Tilleweil630/
Tlhuel622/
Tellewayle591/
Tlbl551/
Tailwile531/
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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 Thelwel
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