Kwelela Surname
Approximately 93 people bear this surname
Kwelela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 78 | 1:678,739 | 39,598 |
| South Africa | 14 | 1:3,869,836 | 127,494 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Kwelela Demographics
Average Kwelela Salary in
South Africa
R 15,384
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Kwelela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwelela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kwelela is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwelela? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kwelela is the 1,931,261st most commonly held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 78,360,709 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kwelela reside; 84 percent reside in East Africa and 84 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Kwelela is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 78 people, or 1 in 678,739. In Tanzania Kwelela is most prevalent in: Mbeya Region, where 99 percent are found and Shinyanga Region, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania Kwelela is found in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 15 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.
Kwelela Last Name Statistics demography
Kwelela earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 93.53% less than the national average, earning R 15,384 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 Kwelela
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