Mkela Surname
Approximately 424 people bear this surname
Mkela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 360 | 1:147,060 | 13,405 |
| South Africa | 47 | 1:1,152,717 | 66,933 |
| Zimbabwe | 13 | 1:1,187,557 | 68,998 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mkela Demographics
Average Mkela Salary in
South Africa
R 182,316
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mkela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mkela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mkela is most common in Tanzania. It may also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mkela? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mkela is the 695,980th most common last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 17,187,608 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mkela live; 85 percent live in East Africa and 85 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
Mkela is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is held by 360 people, or 1 in 147,060. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Iringa Region, where 70 percent reside, Mbeya Region, where 25 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Tanzania it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 11 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 3 percent reside.
Mkela Last Name Statistics demography
Mkela earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 23.28% less than the national average, earning R 182,316 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 Mkela
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