Welwel Surname
Approximately 1,494 people bear this surname
Welwel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,472 | 1:35,966 | 4,201 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
Welwel (45) may also be a first name.
Welwel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Welwel Come From? nationality or country of origin
Welwel is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Welwel click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Welwel? popularity and diffusion
The surname Welwel is the 262,445th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 4,877,875 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Welwel are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Welwel is also the 1,504,468th most commonly occurring forename globally, held by 45 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 1,472 people, or 1 in 35,966. In Tanzania Welwel is most numerous in: Manyara Region, where 84 percent live, Arusha Region, where 15 percent live and Dodoma Region, where 0 percent live. Other than Tanzania it occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 1 percent live and Eritrea, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wellwell | 86 | 2 | / |
| Weilweil | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wlwell | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wlwl | 80 | 1 | / |
| Belwell | 77 | 39 | / |
| Wilwell | 77 | 0 | / |
| Wlwyl | 73 | 424 | / |
| Welbl | 73 | 12 | / |
| Vlwel | 73 | 1 | / |
| Whilwell | 71 | 0 | / |
| Belbel | 67 | 830 | / |
| Velbel | 67 | 100 | / |
| Wilwil | 67 | 22 | / |
| Beluel | 67 | 9 | / |
| Wellewill | 67 | 4 | / |
| Blwell | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wlbell | 67 | 1 | / |
| Welbil | 67 | 0 | / |
| Welbyl | 67 | 0 | / |
| Bellbel | 62 | 1 | / |
| Wlewleh | 62 | 1 | / |
| Belluel | 62 | 0 | / |
| Blwl | 60 | 1 | / |
| Bellbell | 57 | 3 | / |
| Wölbl | 55 | 74 | / |
| Belbl | 55 | 29 | / |
| Velbl | 55 | 23 | / |
| Bluell | 50 | 46 | / |
| Bilwil | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Welwel
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