Degela Surname
Approximately 228 people bear this surname
Degela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 154 | 1:343,777 | 25,484 |
| India | 62 | 1:12,372,022 | 220,417 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Degela (15) may also be a first name.
Degela Demographics
Average Degela Salary in
South Africa
R 54,576
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Degela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Degela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Degela (Oriya: େଡେଗଲା) is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Degela? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,082,743rd most frequently held last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 31,962,921 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 70 percent of Degela live; 68 percent live in East Africa and 68 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly held given name on earth, held by 15 people.
The surname Degela is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 154 people, or 1 in 343,777. In Tanzania Degela is mostly concentrated in: Morogoro Region, where 73 percent live, Iringa Region, where 25 percent live and Mbeya Region, where 1 percent live. Barring Tanzania this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also common in India, where 27 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent live.
Degela Last Name Statistics demography
Degela earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 77.03% less than the national average, earning R 54,576 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Degela Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Degela in the Oriya language | ||
| େଡେଗଲା | edegala | - |
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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
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- 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 Degela
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