Mvela Surname
Approximately 1,307 people bear this surname
Mvela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 831 | 1:63,708 | 6,776 |
| DR Congo | 260 | 1:284,152 | 26,288 |
| South Africa | 197 | 1:275,014 | 27,210 |
| Cameroon | 19 | 1:1,093,109 | 67,608 |
Mvela (21) may also be a first name.
Mvela Demographics
Average Mvela Salary in
South Africa
R 95,748
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mvela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mvela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mvela is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mvela? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 292,450th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 5,575,781 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mvela live; 64 percent live in East Africa and 64 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most prevalent forename on earth, borne by 21 people.
The last name is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is held by 831 people, or 1 in 63,708. In Tanzania Mvela is primarily concentrated in: Njombe Region, where 31 percent live, Iringa Region, where 29 percent live and Mbeya Region, where 20 percent live. Without taking into account Tanzania this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 20 percent live and South Africa, where 15 percent live.
Mvela Last Name Statistics demography
Mvela earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 59.71% less than the national average, earning R 95,748 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 Mvela
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