Marwala Surname

868,551st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 312 people bear this surname

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

Marwala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Marwala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3061:177,05119,513
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Marwala (68) may also be a first name.

Marwala Last Name Facts

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

The last name Marwala occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Marwala.

How Common Is The Last Name Marwala? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 868,551st most frequent surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 23,357,519 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Marwala live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,181,159th most frequently used given name worldwide. It is borne by 68 people.

The surname Marwala is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is borne by 306 people, or 1 in 177,051. In South Africa Marwala is mostly concentrated in: Limpopo, where 64 percent reside, Gauteng, where 30 percent reside and North West, where 4 percent reside. Aside from South Africa Marwala is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Marwala Last Name Statistics demography

Marwala earn notably more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 21.94% more than the national average, earning R 289,776 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 Marwala
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