Maela Surname
Approximately 3,134 people bear this surname
Maela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 2,097 | 1:25,836 | 3,301 |
| Indonesia | 367 | 1:360,352 | 31,069 |
| Papua New Guinea | 200 | 1:40,769 | 4,955 |
| Tanzania | 139 | 1:380,875 | 27,601 |
| DR Congo | 137 | 1:539,267 | 42,095 |
| Solomon Islands | 65 | 1:8,924 | 1,489 |
| India | 38 | 1:20,185,931 | 296,209 |
| Botswana | 28 | 1:78,105 | 13,263 |
| Mozambique | 25 | 1:1,090,463 | 1,880 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Lesotho | 5 | 1:406,512 | 17,363 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
The alternate forms: Maëla (2) are calculated separately.
Maela (2,025) may also be a first name.
Maela Demographics
Average Maela Salary in
Colombia
$60,901,300 COP
Per year
Average Salary in
Colombia
$22,702,486 COP
Per year
Maela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Maela (Hindi: मथेला, Marathi: मौेला, Oriya: ମଏଲା, Russian: Маэла) occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as: Maëla. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Maela? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 142,083rd most common family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 2,325,318 people. The last name Maela occurs mostly in Africa, where 78 percent of Maela live; 69 percent live in Southern Africa and 68 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Maela is also the 167,810th most widespread first name worldwide, held by 2,025 people.
This surname is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is held by 2,097 people, or 1 in 25,836. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Limpopo, where 47 percent live, Gauteng, where 38 percent live and North West, where 6 percent live. Aside from South Africa this last name occurs in 24 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 12 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent live.
Maela Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Maela earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 50.78% less than the national average, earning R 116,964 per year and in Colombia they earn 168.26% more than the national average, earning $60,901,300 COP per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Maela Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Maela in the Hindi language | ||
| मथेला | mathela | - |
| Maela in the Oriya language | ||
| ମଏଲା | ma'ela | - |
| Maela in the Marathi language | ||
| मौेला | mauela | 40 |
| मला | mala | 20 |
| मौला | maula | 20 |
| मेेैेला | meeaiela | 20 |
| Maela in the Russian language | ||
| Маэла | maela | - |
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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
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- 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 Maela
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