Muela Surname
Approximately 21,651 people bear this surname
Muela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 13,449 | 1:5,493 | 638 |
| Spain | 2,992 | 1:15,626 | 1,773 |
| Ecuador | 1,883 | 1:8,447 | 1,356 |
| Mexico | 1,499 | 1:82,806 | 3,430 |
| United States | 742 | 1:488,489 | 41,275 |
| Uruguay | 329 | 1:10,431 | 1,173 |
| Philippines | 221 | 1:458,092 | 55,782 |
| Argentina | 180 | 1:237,463 | 19,337 |
| Colombia | 61 | 1:783,182 | 8,365 |
| Kenya | 60 | 1:769,665 | 31,365 |
| France | 48 | 1:1,383,807 | 136,859 |
| Brazil | 45 | 1:4,757,207 | 124,005 |
| Angola | 25 | 1:1,079,569 | 3,117 |
| Venezuela | 16 | 1:1,887,755 | 23,347 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| Cameroon | 15 | 1:1,384,605 | 80,726 |
| Canada | 12 | 1:3,070,466 | 169,836 |
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
| Cuba | 9 | 1:1,280,302 | 7,343 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Congo | 3 | 1:1,663,032 | 27,638 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Lesotho | 2 | 1:1,016,279 | 21,693 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
Muela (516) may also be a first name.
Muela Demographics
Average Muela Salary in
United States
$33,956 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Muela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Muela (Arabic: مويلي, Hindi: मूेला) is most common in The DR Congo. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Muela? popularity and diffusion
It is the 24,928th most frequently used last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 336,592 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 63 percent of Muela are found; 62 percent are found in Central Africa and 62 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Muela is also the 372,032nd most frequent first name in the world, borne by 516 people.
The surname is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 13,449 people, or 1 in 5,493. Barring The DR Congo this last name is found in 37 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 14 percent live and Ecuador, where 9 percent live.
Muela Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Muela surname are 38.17% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 91.4% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Muela earn in different countries varies greatly. In Colombia they earn 65.17% more than the national average, earning $37,498,400 COP per year and in United States they earn 21.31% less than the national average, earning $33,956 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Muela Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Muela in the Hindi language | ||
| मूेला | muela | - |
| Muela in the Arabic language | ||
| مويلي | mwyly | - |
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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 Muela
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