Memela Surname
Approximately 20,577 people bear this surname
Memela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 20,278 | 1:2,672 | 330 |
| Zimbabwe | 137 | 1:112,688 | 15,411 |
| Lesotho | 94 | 1:21,623 | 4,480 |
| England | 29 | 1:1,921,312 | 76,208 |
| Papua New Guinea | 18 | 1:452,984 | 57,838 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Memela (109) may also be a first name.
Memela Demographics
Average Memela Salary in
South Africa
R 145,320
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
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
Memela Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Memela in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻤﻠﻪ | mmlh | - |
| Memela in the Hindi language | ||
| मेमेला | memela | - |
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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 Memela
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