Msalela Surname

891,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 301 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Msalela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Msalela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3001:180,59219,818
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Msalela Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Msalela Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Msalela is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of Msalela click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Msalela? popularity and diffusion

The last name Msalela is the 891,661st most commonly occurring surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 24,211,116 people. The last name Msalela occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Msalela are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is held by 300 people, or 1 in 180,592. In South Africa Msalela is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 51 percent are found, KwaZulu-Natal, where 28 percent are found and Western Cape, where 10 percent are found. Barring South Africa this last name is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Msalela Last Name Statistics demography

Msalela earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 56.12% less than the national average, earning R 104,280 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Msalila86509/
Mselela86380/
Msalala866/
Mzalela861/
Msalelo861/
Msalele861/
Msolela861/
Mshelela802/
Mshalala801/
Mshalila801/
Mzelela711,077/
Msolola71428/
Msalili7153/
Mjolela715/
Mzolela712/
Mzalila711/
McAlely710/
Msaulile67265/
Mcholela67106/
Msalilie6710/
McAleely676/
Mzelelah671/
McAlilay671/
McAleley670/
Msheliala631/
McAlleley630/
Msololo57348/
McAlily5790/
Mjalilo571/
McElyla571/
Mzoleli571/
Mjalili571/
Mcoleli571/
Mjoleli571/
McAliley53303/
Mshololo53288/
Mzalilei531/
Mzalileh531/
McAllily530/
McAlliley501/

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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 Msalela
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