Melela Surname
Approximately 93 people bear this surname
Melela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 89 | 1:608,738 | 46,089 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Melela (31) may also be a first name.
Melela Demographics
Average Melela Salary in
South Africa
R 120,708
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Melela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Melela is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Melela.
How Common Is The Last Name Melela? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,931,261st most common family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 78,360,709 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Melela reside; 97 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Melela is also the 1,874,099th most common first name on earth, held by 31 people.
It is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 89 people, or 1 in 608,738. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: North West, where 73 percent reside, Gauteng, where 19 percent reside and Free State, where 8 percent reside. Apart from South Africa Melela occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 1 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside.
Melela Last Name Statistics demography
Melela earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 49.21% less than the national average, earning R 120,708 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 Melela
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