Jele Surname
Approximately 26,524 people bear this surname
Jele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 14,290 | 1:3,791 | 505 |
| Somalia | 3,480 | 1:3,866 | 348 |
| Swaziland | 3,335 | 1:389 | 77 |
| Zimbabwe | 2,072 | 1:7,451 | 844 |
| Kenya | 1,786 | 1:25,857 | 2,894 |
| India | 1,020 | 1:752,025 | 34,268 |
| Botswana | 105 | 1:20,828 | 4,170 |
| Nigeria | 55 | 1:3,220,777 | 97,902 |
| Uganda | 53 | 1:736,590 | 36,183 |
| Indonesia | 47 | 1:2,813,813 | 160,835 |
| Hungary | 47 | 1:208,857 | 17,470 |
| England | 38 | 1:1,466,265 | 63,675 |
| United States | 34 | 1:10,660,557 | 428,392 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Austria | 14 | 1:608,245 | 54,975 |
| Lesotho | 10 | 1:203,256 | 14,332 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Solomon Islands | 7 | 1:82,861 | 15,196 |
| Poland | 7 | 1:5,429,821 | 146,768 |
| Colombia | 7 | 1:6,824,867 | 22,056 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Djibouti | 4 | 1:228,733 | 966 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
The alternate forms: Jelê (1) are calculated separately.
Jele (4,955) may also be a first name.
Jele Demographics
Average Jele Salary in
United States
$90,826 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Jele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jele (Bengali: জেলে, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﻠﻰ, Hindi: जेले, Marathi: जेले, Oriya: େଜେଲ) occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can be found as: Jelê. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jele? popularity and diffusion
The last name Jele is the 20,611th most widely held last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 274,753 people. Jele occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Jele reside; 75 percent reside in Southern Africa and 75 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 96,758th most widely held forename globally, borne by 4,955 people.
This last name is most frequent in South Africa, where it is borne by 14,290 people, or 1 in 3,791. In South Africa it is primarily found in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 35 percent are found, Mpumalanga, where 26 percent are found and Gauteng, where 24 percent are found. Aside from South Africa this surname occurs in 51 countries. It is also found in Somalia, where 13 percent are found and Swaziland, where 13 percent are found.
Jele Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Jele has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Jele surname increased 850 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Jele Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Muslim (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Jele last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Jele earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 30.04% less than the national average, earning R 166,248 per year; in Colombia they earn 36.69% less than the national average, earning $14,373,100 COP per year and in United States they earn 110.49% more than the national average, earning $90,826 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jele Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jele in the Bengali language | ||
| জেলে | jele | - |
| Jele in the Oriya language | ||
| େଜେଲ | ejela | - |
| Jele in the Marathi language | ||
| जेले | jele | 76.47 |
| झेले | jhele | 11.76 |
| जेळे | jele | 11.76 |
| Jele in the Hindi language | ||
| जेले | jele | 75 |
| जिले | jile | 25 |
| Jele in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺟﻠﻰ | jly | 50 |
| ﺟﻞ | jl | 50 |
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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 Jele
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