Kemela Surname
Approximately 223 people bear this surname
Kemela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 121 | 1:1,463,990 | 56,236 |
| Cameroon | 50 | 1:415,381 | 35,427 |
| Lesotho | 27 | 1:75,280 | 9,683 |
| South Africa | 15 | 1:3,611,847 | 123,156 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Kemela (203) may also be a first name.
Kemela Demographics
Average Kemela Salary in
South Africa
R 48,132
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Kemela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kemela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kemela (Oriya: େକେମଲା) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Kemela click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kemela? popularity and diffusion
Kemela is the 1,098,270th most prevalent last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 32,679,578 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kemela are found; 54 percent are found in West Africa and 54 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kemela is also the 635,584th most frequent first name in the world, borne by 203 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 121 people, or 1 in 1,463,990. In Nigeria Kemela is mostly concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 94 percent reside, Lagos, where 3 percent reside and Delta, where 1 percent reside. Not including Nigeria it exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 22 percent reside and Lesotho, where 12 percent reside.
Kemela Last Name Statistics demography
Kemela earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 79.75% less than the national average, earning R 48,132 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kemela Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kemela in the Oriya language | ||
| େକେମଲା | ekemala | - |
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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 Kemela
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