Makhala Surname
Approximately 1,797 people bear this surname
Makhala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 735 | 1:73,711 | 9,169 |
| Malawi | 627 | 1:27,303 | 4,104 |
| Botswana | 176 | 1:12,426 | 2,362 |
| Lesotho | 164 | 1:12,394 | 2,758 |
| Uganda | 65 | 1:600,604 | 31,967 |
| India | 15 | 1:51,137,692 | 512,385 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
Makhala (4,175) may also be a first name.
Makhala Demographics
Average Makhala Salary in
South Africa
R 102,324
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Makhala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makhala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Makhala (Georgian: მახალა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻜﺤﻞ, Hindi: मखला, Marathi: मखला, Oriya: ମଖଲା, Russian: Махала) is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Makhala.
How Common Is The Last Name Makhala? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 226,028th most frequent last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 4,055,396 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Makhala live; 95 percent live in Southern Africa and 95 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 107,431st most commonly held first name worldwide, held by 4,175 people.
Makhala is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is borne by 735 people, or 1 in 73,711. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Eastern Cape, where 42 percent live, Gauteng, where 16 percent live and Western Cape, where 11 percent live. Excluding South Africa this last name occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 35 percent live and Botswana, where 10 percent live.
Makhala Last Name Statistics demography
Makhala earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 56.94% less than the national average, earning R 102,324 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Makhala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Makhala in the Georgian language | ||
| მახალა | makhala | - |
| Makhala in the Oriya language | ||
| ମଖଲା | makhala | - |
| Makhala in the Hindi language | ||
| मखला | makhala | 85.71 |
| मखाला | makhala | 14.29 |
| Makhala in the Marathi language | ||
| मखला | makhala | 66.67 |
| मखाला | makhala | 33.33 |
| Makhala in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻜﺤﻞ | mkhl | 60 |
| ﻣﻜﺤﻠﻪ | mkhlh | 30 |
| ﻣﻜﺤﻠﺔ | mkhlt | 10 |
| Makhala in the Russian language | ||
| Махала | mahala | - |
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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 Makhala
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