Mawelela Surname

181,911th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,338 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Swaziland

Mawelela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mawelela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,3931:38,8935,004
Zambia5631:28,1532,931
Swaziland3791:3,425279
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mawelela (12) may also be a first name.

Mawelela Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mawelela is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Mawelela.

How Common Is The Last Name Mawelela? popularity and diffusion

The last name Mawelela is the 181,911th most commonly held surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 3,117,000 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mawelela reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Mawelela is also the 3,306,491st most commonly held first name throughout the world, borne by 12 people.

Mawelela is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 1,393 people, or 1 in 38,893. In South Africa Mawelela is mostly found in: Mpumalanga, where 46 percent are found, Gauteng, where 30 percent are found and Limpopo, where 10 percent are found. Apart from South Africa this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 24 percent are found and Swaziland, where 16 percent are found.

Mawelela Last Name Statistics demography

Mawelela earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 48.7% less than the national average, earning R 121,920 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
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  • 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 Mawelela
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