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 surname Mwelase is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwelase? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 64,406th most frequently held surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 938,512 people. Mwelase occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwelase reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Mwelase is also the 540,009th most prevalent first name on earth, borne by 271 people.
This surname is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is held by 7,259 people, or 1 in 7,464. In South Africa it is primarily found in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 70 percent reside, Gauteng, where 16 percent reside and Mpumalanga, where 7 percent reside. Other than South Africa Mwelase exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Swaziland, where 6 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 0 percent reside.
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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