Ketela Surname
Approximately 194 people bear this surname
Ketela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 96 | 1:564,351 | 43,987 |
| Lesotho | 68 | 1:29,891 | 5,683 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
The alternate forms: Ketelä (69) are calculated separately.
Ketela (972) may also be a first name.
Ketela Demographics
Average Ketela Salary in
Canada
$60,195 CAD
Per year
Average Salary in
Canada
$49,683 CAD
Per year
Ketela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ketela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ketela is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Ketelä. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ketela? popularity and diffusion
Ketela is the 1,210,518th most commonly held family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 37,564,670 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Ketela are found; 85 percent are found in Southern Africa and 85 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Ketela is also the 258,519th most prevalent first name on earth. It is borne by 972 people.
The surname is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is carried by 96 people, or 1 in 564,351. In South Africa Ketela is most numerous in: Free State, where 56 percent reside, Gauteng, where 15 percent reside and North West, where 11 percent reside. Other than South Africa Ketela occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Lesotho, where 35 percent reside and Canada, where 5 percent reside.
Ketela Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Ketela earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 33.86% less than the national average, earning R 157,164 per year and in Canada they earn 21.16% more than the national average, earning $60,195 CAD 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 Ketela
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