Kumalo Surname
Approximately 31,882 people bear this surname
Kumalo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 27,927 | 1:1,940 | 241 |
| Zimbabwe | 2,411 | 1:6,403 | 690 |
| Zambia | 622 | 1:25,482 | 2,711 |
| Egypt | 336 | 1:273,618 | 18,414 |
| Malawi | 209 | 1:81,910 | 10,289 |
| DR Congo | 103 | 1:717,277 | 51,618 |
| England | 87 | 1:640,437 | 37,483 |
| Lesotho | 38 | 1:53,488 | 8,156 |
| Papua New Guinea | 36 | 1:226,492 | 31,172 |
| Nigeria | 25 | 1:7,085,710 | 162,099 |
| United States | 19 | 1:19,076,786 | 604,894 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| Canada | 15 | 1:2,456,373 | 146,130 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
The alternate forms: Kümalo (1) are calculated separately.
Kumalo (5,109) may also be a first name.
Kumalo Demographics
Average Kumalo Salary in
United States
$49,362 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kumalo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kumalo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kumalo (Arabic: كومالي, Russian: Кумало) is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant: Kümalo. For other potential spellings of Kumalo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kumalo? popularity and diffusion
Kumalo is the 17,384th most widely held last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 228,579 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kumalo live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Kumalo is also the 94,924th most common first name worldwide. It is borne by 5,109 people.
It is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is carried by 27,927 people, or 1 in 1,940. In South Africa it is most numerous in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 35 percent live, Gauteng, where 33 percent live and Free State, where 10 percent live. Besides South Africa this surname is found in 29 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 8 percent live and Zambia, where 2 percent live.
Kumalo Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Kumalo earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 32.76% less than the national average, earning 232,697 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 33.78% less than the national average, earning R 157,368 per year; in United States they earn 14.4% more than the national average, earning $49,362 USD per year and in Canada they earn 27.03% less than the national average, earning $36,252 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kumalo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kumalo in the Russian language | ||
| Кумало | kumalo | - |
| Kumalo in the Arabic language | ||
| كومالي | kwmaly | - |
| كمالو | kmalw | - |
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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 Kumalo
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