Chonela Surname
Approximately 140 people bear this surname
Chonela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 88 | 1:23,097 | 4,696 |
| South Africa | 48 | 1:1,128,702 | 66,097 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Chonela Demographics
Average Chonela Salary in
South Africa
R 169,404
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Chonela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chonela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chonela has its highest incidence in Lesotho. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chonela? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,497,948th most prevalent family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 52,053,899 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Chonela reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most common in Lesotho, where it is held by 88 people, or 1 in 23,097. In Lesotho it is most prevalent in: Maseru District, where 70 percent live, Berea District, where 16 percent live and Leribe District, where 11 percent live. Other than Lesotho this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 34 percent live and Argentina, where 1 percent live.
Chonela Last Name Statistics demography
Chonela earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 28.71% less than the national average, earning R 169,404 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 Chonela
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