Masilela Surname
Approximately 46,834 people bear this surname
Masilela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 41,266 | 1:1,313 | 145 |
| Swaziland | 5,002 | 1:260 | 59 |
| Zimbabwe | 442 | 1:34,928 | 5,388 |
| England | 77 | 1:723,611 | 40,488 |
| United States | 17 | 1:21,321,114 | 641,998 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Lesotho | 3 | 1:677,519 | 19,546 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Masilela (31) may also be a first name.
Masilela Demographics
Average Masilela Salary in
United States
$34,650 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Masilela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Masilela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Masilela is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Masilela.
How Common Is The Last Name Masilela? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 11,984th most numerous last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 155,604 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Masilela reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Masilela is also the 1,874,099th most numerous first name at a global level, held by 31 people.
Masilela is most widespread in South Africa, where it is held by 41,266 people, or 1 in 1,313. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Mpumalanga, where 50 percent live, Gauteng, where 28 percent live and Limpopo, where 11 percent live. Outside of South Africa this surname occurs in 15 countries. It is also found in Swaziland, where 11 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent live.
Masilela Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Masilela earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 38.8% less than the national average, earning R 145,440 per year and in United States they earn 19.7% less than the national average, earning $34,650 USD 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 Masilela
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