Jamela Surname
Approximately 2,781 people bear this surname
Jamela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 1,145 | 1:47,317 | 6,019 |
| Zimbabwe | 782 | 1:19,742 | 2,938 |
| Philippines | 394 | 1:256,950 | 38,179 |
| Pakistan | 125 | 1:1,429,151 | 15,867 |
| India | 101 | 1:7,594,707 | 163,091 |
| Namibia | 99 | 1:24,337 | 3,996 |
| Zambia | 33 | 1:480,301 | 21,871 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| Mozambique | 16 | 1:1,703,848 | 2,274 |
| United States | 15 | 1:24,163,929 | 685,360 |
| Indonesia | 12 | 1:11,020,766 | 390,383 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Guyana | 5 | 1:152,444 | 9,017 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
Jamela (27,438) may also be a first name.
Jamela Demographics
Average Jamela Salary in
United States
$40,404 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Jamela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jamela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jamela (Bengali: জামেলা, Georgian: ჯამელა, Hindi: जमेला, Marathi: जमेला, Oriya: ଜେମଲା) is found most in South Africa. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jamela? popularity and diffusion
The last name Jamela is the 157,284th most numerous last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 2,620,477 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 75 percent of Jamela live; 75 percent live in Southern Africa and 74 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Jamela is also the 29,828th most prevalent first name in the world It is held by 27,438 people.
It is most frequent in South Africa, where it is borne by 1,145 people, or 1 in 47,317. In South Africa Jamela is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 54 percent reside, Gauteng, where 21 percent reside and Western Cape, where 10 percent reside. Besides South Africa it is found in 30 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 28 percent reside and The Philippines, where 14 percent reside.
Jamela Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Jamela earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 27.13% less than the national average, earning R 173,160 per year and in United States they earn 6.36% less than the national average, earning $40,404 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jamela Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jamela in the Georgian language | ||
| ჯამელა | jamela | - |
| Jamela in the Bengali language | ||
| জামেলা | jamela | - |
| Jamela in the Hindi language | ||
| जमेला | jamela | 95.87 |
| जमीला | jamila | 3.98 |
| जमॆला | jamela | 0.15 |
| Jamela in the Marathi language | ||
| जमेला | jamela | 95.38 |
| जामेला | jamela | 0.79 |
| जमीला | jamila | 0.79 |
| जमेल | jamela | 0.26 |
| जलाल | jalala | 0.26 |
| जमेळा | jamela | 0.26 |
| जमेली | jameli | 0.13 |
| जमील | jamila | 0.13 |
| Jamela in the Oriya language | ||
| ଜେମଲା | jemala | 52.38 |
| ଜାେମଲା | jaemala | 25.4 |
| ଯେମଲା | yemala | 11.11 |
| ଯାେମଲା | yaemala | 4.76 |
| ଜାେମଳା | jaemala | 3.17 |
| ଯମିଲା | yamila | 1.59 |
| ଜେମଳା | jemala | 1.59 |
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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 Jamela
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