Molela Surname
Approximately 473 people bear this surname
Molela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 424 | 1:174,244 | 17,772 |
| Zambia | 19 | 1:834,206 | 28,447 |
| South Africa | 18 | 1:3,009,872 | 112,058 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Molela (19) may also be a first name.
Molela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Molela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Molela is most common in The DR Congo. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Molela? popularity and diffusion
Molela is the 642,034th most frequently occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,407,074 people. The surname Molela occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Molela live; 90 percent live in Central Africa and 90 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most frequent first name world-wide, borne by 19 people.
It is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is held by 424 people, or 1 in 174,244. Excluding The DR Congo Molela is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 4 percent reside and South Africa, where 4 percent reside.
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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
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- 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 Molela
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