Mawela Surname
Approximately 12,457 people bear this surname
Mawela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 10,920 | 1:4,961 | 632 |
| Tanzania | 677 | 1:78,200 | 8,055 |
| DR Congo | 513 | 1:144,015 | 15,172 |
| Zimbabwe | 130 | 1:118,756 | 16,091 |
| Swaziland | 101 | 1:12,853 | 583 |
| Botswana | 33 | 1:66,271 | 11,607 |
| Zambia | 22 | 1:720,451 | 26,729 |
| England | 22 | 1:2,532,639 | 91,802 |
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Lesotho | 3 | 1:677,519 | 19,546 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Mawela (1,166) may also be a first name.
Mawela Demographics
Average Mawela Salary in
South Africa
R 157,356
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mawela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mawela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mawela is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mawela? popularity and diffusion
Mawela is the 41,902nd most common last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 585,016 people. The surname Mawela occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mawela live; 90 percent live in Southern Africa and 90 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 232,644th most prevalent first name worldwide. It is borne by 1,166 people.
This last name is most widely held in South Africa, where it is borne by 10,920 people, or 1 in 4,961. In South Africa Mawela is most prevalent in: Limpopo, where 39 percent are found, Gauteng, where 29 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 16 percent are found. Barring South Africa it exists in 22 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 5 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 4 percent are found.
Mawela Last Name Statistics demography
Mawela earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 33.78% less than the national average, earning R 157,356 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 Mawela
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