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
Average Lewela Salary in
South Africa
R 103,944
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Lewela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lewela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lewela is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lewela? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 509,082nd most numerous family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 11,333,664 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lewela live; 53 percent live in East Africa and 53 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 732,696th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, held by 157 people.
The surname is most widely held in Kenya, where it is held by 341 people, or 1 in 135,425. In Kenya Lewela is mostly concentrated in: Taita Taveta County, where 70 percent live, Nairobi County, where 30 percent live and Mombasa County, where 0 percent live. Not including Kenya Lewela exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 44 percent live and Lesotho, where 3 percent live.
Lewela Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Lewela surname is principally 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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