Kwela Surname
Approximately 2,570 people bear this surname
Kwela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 1,763 | 1:30,730 | 3,947 |
| DR Congo | 356 | 1:207,527 | 20,581 |
| Poland | 191 | 1:198,999 | 26,687 |
| Zimbabwe | 112 | 1:137,841 | 17,955 |
| Tanzania | 54 | 1:980,400 | 45,201 |
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
| Lesotho | 20 | 1:101,628 | 11,096 |
| Cameroon | 18 | 1:1,153,837 | 70,128 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Kwela (1,189) may also be a first name.
Kwela Demographics
Kwela Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kwela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kwela (Hindi: केवला) occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Kwela.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwela? popularity and diffusion
Kwela is the 168,194th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 2,835,621 people. The surname Kwela occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Kwela reside; 74 percent reside in Southern Africa and 74 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Kwela is also the 229,946th most common first name worldwide It is held by 1,189 people.
The surname is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is held by 1,763 people, or 1 in 30,730. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 73 percent reside, Gauteng, where 10 percent reside and Eastern Cape, where 5 percent reside. Outside of South Africa this surname occurs in 18 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 14 percent reside and Poland, where 7 percent reside.
Kwela Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Kwela surname is predominantly Muslim (50%) in Kenya.
Kwela earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 23.13% less than the national average, earning R 182,664 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kwela Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kwela in the Hindi language | ||
| केवला | kevala | - |
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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 Kwela
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