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
The last name Mkela is found most in Tanzania. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mkela? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 695,980th most commonly used surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 17,187,608 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mkela live; 85 percent live in East Africa and 85 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Mkela is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is borne by 360 people, or 1 in 147,060. In Tanzania Mkela is mostly concentrated in: Iringa Region, where 70 percent live, Mbeya Region, where 25 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent live. Not including Tanzania it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 11 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 3 percent live.
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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