Biyela Surname
Approximately 40,525 people bear this surname
Biyela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 37,568 | 1:1,442 | 165 |
| DR Congo | 2,148 | 1:34,395 | 4,278 |
| Zambia | 497 | 1:31,891 | 3,268 |
| Congo | 213 | 1:23,423 | 2,592 |
| England | 31 | 1:1,797,357 | 72,927 |
| Zimbabwe | 30 | 1:514,608 | 41,883 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:515,755 | 23,171 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Biyela (246) may also be a first name.
Biyela Demographics
Average Biyela Salary in
South Africa
R 136,344
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Biyela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Biyela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Biyela has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Biyela? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 13,765th most commonly used surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 179,828 people. The surname Biyela occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Biyela live; 94 percent live in Southern Africa and 94 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Biyela is also the 569,299th most numerous first name globally, held by 246 people.
Biyela is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is borne by 37,568 people, or 1 in 1,442. In South Africa Biyela is most prevalent in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 87 percent live, Gauteng, where 8 percent live and Eastern Cape, where 2 percent live. Without taking into account South Africa this last name is found in 19 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 5 percent live and Zambia, where 1 percent live.
Biyela Last Name Statistics demography
Biyela earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 42.63% less than the national average, earning R 136,344 per year.
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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 Biyela
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