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
Mmela Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mmela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mmela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mmela is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mmela? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 203,470th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 3,563,592 people. The surname Mmela occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mmela live; 79 percent live in Southern Africa and 79 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,191,548th most widespread first name world-wide, held by 67 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 1,487 people, or 1 in 36,434. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Limpopo, where 55 percent are found, Gauteng, where 32 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 11 percent are found. Barring South Africa this last name occurs 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 adherence of those carrying the last name is predominantly 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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