Wafele Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Wafele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
Wafele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wafele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wafele is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wafele? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wafele is the 4,116,508th most commonly held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Wafele live; 57 percent live in West Africa and 57 percent live in Chadic Africa.
This surname is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 1,597,621. In Cameroon Wafele is most common in: Far North Region, where 100 percent are found. Barring Cameroon Wafele occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 30 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wafelle | 92 | 1 | / |
| Waffele | 92 | 1 | / |
| Wafle | 91 | 102 | / |
| Waffle | 83 | 655 | / |
| Waufle | 83 | 122 | / |
| Bafele | 83 | 67 | / |
| Wafile | 83 | 38 | / |
| Wafela | 83 | 31 | / |
| Vafele | 83 | 3 | / |
| Wafely | 83 | 2 | / |
| Wafole | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wafleh | 83 | 1 | / |
| Waifle | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wafeli | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wauffle | 77 | 2 | / |
| Wayfale | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wafiled | 77 | 1 | / |
| Baffele | 77 | 1 | / |
| Baufele | 77 | 1 | / |
| Waffely | 77 | 0 | / |
| Wofle | 73 | 38 | / |
| Vafle | 73 | 29 | / |
| Bofele | 67 | 540 | / |
| Bafile | 67 | 531 | / |
| Wofile | 67 | 107 | / |
| Wafila | 67 | 39 | / |
| Vafale | 67 | 36 | / |
| Wafili | 67 | 32 | / |
| Bafeli | 67 | 15 | / |
| Wafali | 67 | 10 | / |
| Woffle | 67 | 2 | / |
| Uafale | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vafela | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vefele | 67 | 1 | / |
| Woufle | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wafoli | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weifle | 67 | 0 | / |
| Whofle | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wheatfile | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Wafele
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