Lewela Surname
Approximately 643 people bear this surname
Lewela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 341 | 1:135,425 | 11,086 |
| South Africa | 280 | 1:193,492 | 20,922 |
| Lesotho | 20 | 1:101,628 | 11,096 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Lewela (157) may also be a first name.
Lewela Demographics
Lewela Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Lewela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lewela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lewela occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Lewela click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lewela? popularity and diffusion
The surname Lewela is the 509,082nd most commonly used surname on earth, held by around 1 in 11,333,664 people. Lewela is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lewela reside; 53 percent reside in East Africa and 53 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Lewela is also the 732,696th most frequently occurring forename on earth. It is borne by 157 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is held by 341 people, or 1 in 135,425. In Kenya Lewela is mostly found in: Taita Taveta County, where 70 percent live, Nairobi County, where 30 percent live and Mombasa County, where 0 percent live. Excluding Kenya this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 44 percent live and Lesotho, where 3 percent live.
Lewela Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Lewela surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Lewela earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 56.26% less than the national average, earning R 103,944 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 Lewela
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