Bonelwa Surname
Approximately 64 people bear this surname
Bonelwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 57 | 1:950,486 | 60,033 |
| Lesotho | 7 | 1:290,365 | 15,938 |
Bonelwa (2,438) may also be a first name.
Bonelwa Demographics
Average Bonelwa Salary in
South Africa
R 125,376
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Bonelwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bonelwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bonelwa is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bonelwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,394,033rd most frequent surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 113,867,905 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bonelwa are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 149,938th most numerous first name in the world, held by 2,438 people.
The last name Bonelwa is most widespread in South Africa, where it is borne by 57 people, or 1 in 950,486. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 89 percent reside, Western Cape, where 7 percent reside and Gauteng, where 4 percent reside. Other than South Africa this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Lesotho, where 11 percent reside.
Bonelwa Last Name Statistics demography
Bonelwa earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 47.24% less than the national average, earning R 125,376 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 Bonelwa
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