Manamela Surname

30,914th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17,274 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Manamela Surname User-submission:

The Manamela surname means 'clan worries would kill their opponents, bury them and start settlement on top of their graves'.

Manamela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa17,0591:3,176421
Botswana1271:17,2203,386
Zimbabwe301:514,60841,883
Lesotho281:72,5919,509
England111:5,065,278148,650
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Northern Ireland21:922,51818,701
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718

Manamela (559) may also be a first name.

Manamela Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Manamela surname means 'clan worries would kill their opponents, bury them and start settlement on top of their graves'.

- ntoboko60

Manamela Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Manamela Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Manamela (Hindi: मनमेला, Russian: Манамела) occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Manamela? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 30,914th most widely held family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 421,879 people. Manamela is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Manamela reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 355,721st most common first name world-wide It is held by 559 people.

The last name Manamela is most frequent in South Africa, where it is borne by 17,059 people, or 1 in 3,176. In South Africa Manamela is most frequent in: Limpopo, where 46 percent reside, Gauteng, where 40 percent reside and North West, where 6 percent reside. Outside of South Africa Manamela occurs in 15 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 1 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 0 percent reside.

Manamela Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Manamela earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 27.41% less than the national average, earning R 172,500 per year and in United States they earn 33.88% less than the national average, earning $28,531 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Manamela Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Manamela in the Hindi language
मनमेलाmanamela-
Manamela in the Russian language
Манамелаmanamela-

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