Mmela Surname
Approximately 2,045 people bear this surname
Mmela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 1,487 | 1:36,434 | 4,666 |
| Kenya | 311 | 1:148,488 | 11,824 |
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Tanzania | 87 | 1:608,524 | 37,695 |
| India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
Mmela (67) may also be a first name.
Mmela Demographics
Average Mmela Salary in
South Africa
R 111,744
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mmela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mmela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mmela has its highest incidence in South Africa. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mmela? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 203,470th most commonly occurring last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 3,563,592 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mmela are found; 79 percent are found in Southern Africa and 79 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,191,548th most widely held first name on earth It is held by 67 people.
This last name is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is borne by 1,487 people, or 1 in 36,434. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Limpopo, where 55 percent are found, Gauteng, where 32 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 11 percent are found. Other than South Africa it exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 15 percent are found and Malawi, where 6 percent are found.
Mmela Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Mmela surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Mmela earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 52.98% less than the national average, earning R 111,744 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 Mmela
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