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 last name Kumalo (Arabic: كومالي, Russian: Кумало) occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Kümalo. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kumalo? popularity and diffusion
It is the 17,384th most widely held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 228,579 people. The last name Kumalo occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kumalo live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 94,924th most numerous first name in the world. It is borne by 5,109 people.
The surname Kumalo is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 27,927 people, or 1 in 1,940. In South Africa Kumalo is most numerous in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 35 percent live, Gauteng, where 33 percent live and Free State, where 10 percent live. Apart from South Africa Kumalo exists in 29 countries. It also occurs 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
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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 Kumalo
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