Yoweli Surname

424,982nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 814 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Yoweli Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yoweli Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi4971:34,4455,098
DR Congo1921:384,78933,038
Tanzania1211:437,53430,427
England11:55,718,059489,080
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Yoweli (2,019) may also be a first name.

Yoweli Last Name Facts

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

Yoweli is found most in Malawi. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yoweli? popularity and diffusion

Yoweli is the 424,982nd most prevalent family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 8,952,759 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yoweli live; 61 percent live in Southern Africa and 61 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 168,128th most frequently occurring forename globally. It is borne by 2,019 people.

This surname is most widespread in Malawi, where it is held by 497 people, or 1 in 34,445. Without taking into account Malawi this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 24 percent are found and Tanzania, where 15 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yowelyi921/
Yowela83879/
Yowali83714/
Yaweli83100/
Yowele8317/
Joweli8312/
Yowely832/
Ayowele7715/
Yovelia7711/
Jowelli777/
Ojoweli773/
Oyowele772/
Jowelie771/
Yasweli771/
Yowalli771/
Yawelit771/
Youelie770/
Joeli73666/
Iyeli73540/
Yoely7327/
Yeali732/
Yoswilai714/
Youhesli711/
Yoowilai711/
Yawali67277/
Yawili67200/
Yobele67119/
Yawele67112/
Yowale6764/
Joveli6734/
Iyelih6730/
Yiouselli6726/
Yabeli6722/
Jowele6717/
Jowali6716/
Yajeli6712/
Jobeli679/
Joelli678/
Jowela677/
Yowile675/
Yaouli674/
Iyieli674/
Yovele674/
Yayeli674/
Joelih673/
Yawela673/
Yejali673/
Jaweli673/
Youele672/
Yovela672/
Yuyeli671/
Youely671/
Joelai671/
Yojela671/
Geyeli671/
Jowoli671/
Jowili671/
Yoyoli671/
Yowole671/
Yoyali671/
Yoyele671/
Jhoeli671/
Yeyeli671/
Yehali671/
Yoelly671/
Yobili671/
Yealie670/
Yealis670/

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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 Yoweli
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