Mwelase Surname
Approximately 7,765 people bear this surname
Mwelase Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 7,259 | 1:7,464 | 948 |
| Swaziland | 455 | 1:2,853 | 252 |
| Zimbabwe | 21 | 1:735,154 | 52,165 |
| Tanzania | 14 | 1:3,781,544 | 51,645 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mwelase (271) may also be a first name.
Mwelase Demographics
Average Mwelase Salary in
South Africa
R 153,876
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mwelase Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwelase Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mwelase is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwelase? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 64,406th most numerous last name globally It is held by around 1 in 938,512 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwelase reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 540,009th most frequently used first name globally, held by 271 people.
The surname Mwelase is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 7,259 people, or 1 in 7,464. In South Africa it is most common in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 70 percent live, Gauteng, where 16 percent live and Mpumalanga, where 7 percent live. Barring South Africa this surname is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Swaziland, where 6 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 0 percent live.
Mwelase Last Name Statistics demography
Mwelase earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 35.25% less than the national average, earning R 153,876 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mwelashe | 93 | 1 | / |
| Mwelas | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mvelase | 86 | 18,845 | / |
| Muelase | 86 | 103 | / |
| Mwelasi | 86 | 42 | / |
| Mwelese | 86 | 12 | / |
| Mbelase | 86 | 3 | / |
| Mwalase | 86 | 3 | / |
| Mwelaze | 86 | 2 | / |
| Mwelasd | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mwelose | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mwelage | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mvelashe | 80 | 295 | / |
| Mwailase | 80 | 2 | / |
| Mvelasie | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mveelase | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mwelisie | 80 | 1 | / |
| Muelashe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mbelashe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mvelaase | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mwelasha | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mbelease | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mvelaese | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mwelashi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mvellase | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mvelease | 80 | 1 | / |
| Muelas | 77 | 7,075 | / |
| Mbelas | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mvelas | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mwelaisha | 75 | 204 | / |
| Mbeleyase | 75 | 21 | / |
| Muelhause | 75 | 8 | / |
| Muehlause | 75 | 2 | / |
| Mwelaysha | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mbilase | 71 | 718 | / |
| Mwalasi | 71 | 215 | / |
| Mvelasi | 71 | 110 | / |
| Mwelezi | 71 | 57 | / |
| Muehlhause | 71 | 25 | / |
| Mwelazi | 71 | 10 | / |
| Mvelose | 71 | 8 | / |
| Muelhauser | 71 | 7 | / |
| Mvelese | 71 | 4 | / |
| Mbelasi | 71 | 4 | / |
| Mvilase | 71 | 3 | / |
| Mvelise | 71 | 3 | / |
| Mvelaze | 71 | 3 | / |
| Mwelaza | 71 | 2 | / |
| Muehlauser | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mvalase | 71 | 2 | / |
| Muelasi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Muelose | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwolese | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mvelage | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mouelas | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mbelaze | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mvelasa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwilasi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwalese | 71 | 1 | / |
| Muehlhauser | 67 | 249 | / |
| Mwalyasi | 67 | 54 | / |
| Mwelachi | 67 | 33 | / |
| Mweladzi | 67 | 20 | / |
| Muelashi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mwailasi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mbilashe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Muehlaus | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbeleaze | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbelassi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muelhausher | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwailasa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwaliasi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mweleshi | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Mwelase
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