Memela Surname

26,136th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20,577 people bear this surname

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

Memela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Memela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa20,2781:2,672330
Zimbabwe1371:112,68815,411
Lesotho941:21,6234,480
England291:1,921,31276,208
Papua New Guinea181:452,98457,838
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243

Memela (109) may also be a first name.

Memela Last Name Facts

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

Memela (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻤﻠﻪ, Hindi: मेमेला) is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Memela? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 26,136th most frequently held last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 354,160 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Memela reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 900,062nd most commonly used forename worldwide, borne by 109 people.

This surname is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is carried by 20,278 people, or 1 in 2,672. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 78 percent are found, Gauteng, where 9 percent are found and Eastern Cape, where 8 percent are found. Other than South Africa Memela exists in 14 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 1 percent are found and Lesotho, where 0 percent are found.

Memela Last Name Statistics demography

Memela earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 38.85% less than the national average, earning R 145,320 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Maemela92332/
Mgemela92281/
Memetla92259/
Memelia9217/
Moemela9216/
Mhemela9210/
Memelas929/
Memmela924/
Memeela923/
Miemela922/
Mmemela921/
Memelaz921/
Memelau921/
Mesmelah861/
Memoelai861/
'Maemela861/
Mamela83618/
Memola83463/
Memala83418/
Memeli83305/
Momela8385/
Memely8361/
Memele8354/
Memila8334/
Memelo8310/
Mymela833/
Mimela831/
Maimela7711,490/
Memmola77496/
Memolla77284/
Mamiela77161/
Mhemeli7789/
Memolia7756/
Memilas7756/
Mammela7727/
Mameela7713/
Memalla7713/
Maamela7712/
Muimela779/
Mamelia775/
Meemala775/
Memelis774/
Maemelo774/
Mmemeli774/
Mommela773/
Memeles773/
Mhamela773/
Mgemele773/
Mahmela773/
Memetli772/
Mhomela772/
Memeley772/
Memmala772/
Memaala771/
Memeely771/
Memalay771/
Maemola771/
Mamelea771/
Moimela771/
Mmemele771/
Memelei771/
Memilia771/
Maymela771/
Mamaela771/
Meumelo771/
Mehmeli771/
Meamelo771/
Majmela771/
Mmemelo771/
Memelii771/
Memalai771/
Memichella751/
Mehmelet7138/
Memmeler7123/
Mehmetli7122/
Mahamela7114/
Meemalai7114/
Memallaj7112/
Memollai715/
Memelyhe712/
Maameela711/
Mammeela711/
Memeilly711/
Mammelia711/
Mamielia711/
Mehmeyli711/
Memmalla711/
Maamelai711/
Memallai711/
Memili67941/
Mamala67880/
Mimila67732/
Mamola67666/
Momola67456/
Momala67335/
Mamelo67302/
Mamila67265/
Mimala67160/
Memolo67153/
Momelo6723/
Mimely6717/
Mehmetlli6711/
Momila675/
Mimeli674/
Memalo673/
Mimola672/
Mujhmeela671/
Mimele671/
Memile671/

Memela Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Memela in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻣﻤﻠﻪmmlh-
Memela in the Hindi language
मेमेलाmemela-

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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 Memela
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