Wahele Surname

2,185,341st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 75 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Wahele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wahele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon471:441,89537,035
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Wahele Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wahele is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wahele? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,185,341st most commonly held family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 97,167,279 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wahele reside; 73 percent reside in Central Africa and 39 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.

This last name is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is held by 47 people, or 1 in 441,895. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Far North Region, where 55 percent are found, North Region, where 38 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 2 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 36 percent are found and Niger, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hwahele92123/
Wahelie926/
Wahiele923/
Wahelee920/
Waheley920/
Waele91141/
Waheyele861/
Waheller861/
Wahile83629/
Waeles83621/
Waehle838/
Vahele837/
Waelle834/
Wehele832/
Waelee832/
Waelea831/
Waelei831/
Waeled831/
Wehelie77985/
Waehler7786/
Whoeler7714/
Waeller779/
Wahille772/
Waeleah771/
Waesley771/
Waeglie771/
Wahealy771/
Wajhela771/
Woheler771/
Whaeley771/
Wheuley771/
Vaheele771/
Waelleh771/
Wahuile771/
Waheliy771/
Waiyele771/
Waesler771/
Whoeley770/
Whaeler770/
Waeli73763/
Weule73249/
Vaele73103/
Waely7313/
Woele735/
Bahahele714/
Baheileh712/
Whoehler712/
Wahitley712/
Wheayley711/
Woehelle710/
Wheehele710/
Vahile672,469/
Wahili67451/
Vehele67421/
Wägele67182/
Baelei6748/
Wheely6717/
Vaelei6712/
Waeeli678/
Waehli678/
Wohile678/
Vaheli678/
Woesle677/
Woelle676/
Waelli674/
Wahily673/
Whaely672/
Wehile671/
Weayle671/
Baelle671/
Bahely671/
Baheheleh671/
Beaele671/
Hwaela671/
Wuiele670/
Baehle670/
Wohely670/
Vaeler670/
Vaeley670/
Vaesle670/
Woeley670/

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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 Wahele
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