Wamele Surname
Approximately 130 people bear this surname
Wamele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 68 | 1:339,283 | 12,260 |
| Papua New Guinea | 37 | 1:220,371 | 30,351 |
| Cameroon | 19 | 1:1,093,109 | 67,608 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Wamele (32) may also be a first name.
Wamele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wamele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wamele is found in The Ivory Coast more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wamele? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wamele is the 1,573,888th most frequently used surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 56,058,046 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 71 percent of Wamele reside; 65 percent reside in West Africa and 52 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Wamele is also the 1,840,253rd most common forename throughout the world It is held by 32 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 68 people, or 1 in 339,283. In The Ivory Coast Wamele is primarily found in: Bas-Sassandra District, where 59 percent are found, Lacs District, where 37 percent are found and Abidjan Autonomous District, where 1 percent are found. Beside The Ivory Coast Wamele occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 28 percent are found and Cameroon, where 15 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waumele | 92 | 2 | / |
| Waimele | 92 | 1 | / |
| Wameles | 92 | 1 | / |
| Wameley | 92 | 0 | / |
| Wamle | 91 | 36 | / |
| Wameuleu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Waymelee | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wamealet | 86 | 0 | / |
| Wamesley | 86 | 0 | / |
| Wamela | 83 | 796 | / |
| Wamale | 83 | 330 | / |
| Bamele | 83 | 301 | / |
| Wameli | 83 | 152 | / |
| Wamile | 83 | 27 | / |
| Wamole | 83 | 6 | / |
| Wametl | 83 | 1 | / |
| Womele | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wamely | 83 | 0 | / |
| Wameisley | 80 | 0 | / |
| Vamelle | 77 | 39 | / |
| Wammeli | 77 | 20 | / |
| Waimale | 77 | 12 | / |
| Wamelay | 77 | 10 | / |
| Womeleh | 77 | 5 | / |
| Wameela | 77 | 5 | / |
| Vameele | 77 | 3 | / |
| Baimele | 77 | 3 | / |
| Bahmele | 77 | 1 | / |
| Womeles | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wahmale | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wamesly | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wamolea | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wemelhe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wamaley | 77 | 0 | / |
| Womeley | 77 | 0 | / |
| Vamle | 73 | 3 | / |
| Womle | 73 | 1 | / |
| Waemalee | 71 | 9 | / |
| Waimalee | 71 | 6 | / |
| Waimolee | 71 | 1 | / |
| Womesley | 71 | 1 | / |
| Woumeleu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wosmeley | 71 | 0 | / |
| Wamisley | 71 | 0 | / |
| Weimeler | 71 | 0 | / |
| Bomele | 67 | 1,576 | / |
| Vamela | 67 | 189 | / |
| Womela | 67 | 109 | / |
| Womeli | 67 | 67 | / |
| Vamale | 67 | 61 | / |
| Wamali | 67 | 60 | / |
| Wamila | 67 | 40 | / |
| Bameli | 67 | 39 | / |
| Bamile | 67 | 32 | / |
| Wamili | 67 | 29 | / |
| Wemale | 67 | 24 | / |
| Wemeli | 67 | 22 | / |
| Uamale | 67 | 14 | / |
| Vamile | 67 | 8 | / |
| Bamhel | 67 | 8 | / |
| Wemole | 67 | 5 | / |
| Vamhle | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vamole | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vameli | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vemele | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wemely | 67 | 1 | / |
| Womale | 67 | 1 | / |
| Womely | 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
- 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 Wamele
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