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
Average Kwela Salary in
South Africa
R 182,664
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
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 or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwela? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 168,194th most commonly used family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,835,621 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 91 percent of Kwela are found; 74 percent are found in Southern Africa and 74 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 229,946th most frequently occurring forename globally It is held by 1,189 people.
It is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 1,763 people, or 1 in 30,730. In South Africa Kwela is mostly concentrated in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 73 percent live, Gauteng, where 10 percent live and Eastern Cape, where 5 percent live. Besides South Africa this last name exists in 18 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 14 percent live and Poland, where 7 percent live.
Kwela Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is principally 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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