Mavamela Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

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

Mavamela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Mavamela Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa281:1,934,91888,980
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Mavamela Demographics

Average Mavamela Salary in
South Africa

R 76,416

Per year
Rank:
152,283 of 197,403
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
2.74429E-5
Rank: 118,110 of 197,403
Percentage of national average salary:
32.16%
Sample size: 9 (2017)

Average Salary in
South Africa

R 237,638

Per year
Per month:
R 19,803
Per week:
R 4,401
Per day:
R 651

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Mavamela Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mavamela is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mavamela? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mavamela is the 3,730,171st most commonly held last name on earth, held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name Mavamela occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mavamela reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

It is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 1,934,918. In South Africa it is most common in: Eastern Cape, where 68 percent live, Western Cape, where 25 percent live and Gauteng, where 4 percent live.

Mavamela Last Name Statistics demography

Mavamela earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 67.84% less than the national average, earning R 76,416 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mawamela881/
Mabamela881/
Maswamela822/
Mashwamela781/
Mashuamela781/
Mawomela751/
Mabomela751/
Maswomela711/
Mabamile634/
Mawomelo632/
Mabomelo631/
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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 Mavamela
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