Nyabela Surname

400,040th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 879 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Nyabela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nyabela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho5971:3,405595
South Africa1501:361,18532,866
DR Congo551:1,343,26579,223
Kenya531:871,31932,675
Cameroon171:1,221,71073,195
United Arab Emirates31:3,054,09190,853
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Nyabela (134) may also be a first name.

Nyabela Last Name Facts

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

Nyabela is held by more people in Lesotho than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyabela? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nyabela is the 400,040th most frequently held last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 8,290,723 people. The surname Nyabela occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nyabela are found; 85 percent are found in Southern Africa and 85 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 800,975th most widely held forename world-wide. It is borne by 134 people.

Nyabela is most frequently occurring in Lesotho, where it is carried by 597 people, or 1 in 3,405. In Lesotho it is most frequent in: Maseru District, where 51 percent reside, Mafeteng District, where 27 percent reside and Berea District, where 18 percent reside. Not including Lesotho this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 17 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 6 percent reside.

Nyabela Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Nyabela earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 61.48% less than the national average, earning R 91,548 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
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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 Nyabela
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