Tuwelo Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Namibia
Highest density in:
Namibia

Tuwelo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tuwelo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Namibia281:86,0507,998
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Tuwelo (14) may also be a first name.

Tuwelo Last Name Facts

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

Tuwelo is found most frequently in Namibia. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Tuwelo.

How Common Is The Last Name Tuwelo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,602,217th most widespread surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tuwelo reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Tuwelo is also the 3,024,661st most prevalent first name throughout the world, borne by 14 people.

The surname Tuwelo is most numerous in Namibia, where it is carried by 28 people, or 1 in 86,050. In Namibia Tuwelo is most prevalent in: Zambezi Region, where 71 percent reside, Hardap Region, where 14 percent reside and Khomas Region, where 14 percent reside. Barring Namibia this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 3 percent reside and South Africa, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Towelo83133/
Tubelo8354/
Tuwela8313/
Tuwalo8312/
Tuwolo838/
Thuwela77157/
Tubelio7710/
Tujuelo779/
Tubeloo771/
Touwolo771/
Touvelos711/
Toubelou711/
Towela674,112/
Tuwila67281/
Tubela67252/
Tuvalo6727/
Tiwolo6722/
Tuwala6713/
Tubilo672/
Tiwalo671/
Towilo671/
Touwailou671/
Tuvolo671/

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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 Tuwelo
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