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
The surname Mawela occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mawela? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mawela is the 41,902nd most prevalent surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 585,016 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mawela are found; 90 percent are found in Southern Africa and 90 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 232,644th most widely held forename globally, held by 1,166 people.
The surname Mawela is most frequent in South Africa, where it is borne by 10,920 people, or 1 in 4,961. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Limpopo, where 39 percent reside, Gauteng, where 29 percent reside and Mpumalanga, where 16 percent reside. Outside of South Africa this surname occurs in 22 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 5 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 4 percent reside.
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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