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
The last name Memela (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻤﻠﻪ, Hindi: मेमेला) occurs most in South Africa. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Memela click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Memela? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 26,136th most widespread family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 354,160 people. Memela is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Memela are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Memela is also the 900,062nd most prevalent given name internationally, borne by 109 people.
The surname is most widespread in South Africa, where it is held by 20,278 people, or 1 in 2,672. In South Africa Memela is mostly concentrated in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 78 percent live, Gauteng, where 9 percent live and Eastern Cape, where 8 percent live. Not including South Africa this surname exists in 14 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 1 percent live and Lesotho, where 0 percent live.
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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