Pandela Surname

503,825th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 652 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Zambia

Pandela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pandela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1651:328,35030,751
DR Congo1501:492,53039,325
India1211:6,339,383145,676
Philippines861:1,177,18993,405
Zambia731:217,12213,786
Indonesia451:2,938,871165,726
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Zimbabwe41:3,859,560114,807
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Pandela (28) may also be a first name.

Pandela Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pandela (Hindi: पन्डेला, Marathi: पंडेला) is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pandela? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 503,825th most frequently used surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 11,177,218 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 60 percent of Pandela are found; 37 percent are found in Southern Africa and 37 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Pandela is also the 1,994,417th most frequent forename at a global level, held by 28 people.

This last name is most widespread in South Africa, where it is borne by 165 people, or 1 in 328,350. In South Africa Pandela is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 75 percent are found, KwaZulu-Natal, where 13 percent are found and Gauteng, where 10 percent are found. Aside from South Africa Pandela is found in 10 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 23 percent are found and India, where 19 percent are found.

Pandela Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Pandela earn in different countries varies marginally. In South Africa they earn 28.68% less than the national average, earning R 169,488 per year and in Canada they earn 28.19% less than the national average, earning $35,675 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Pandela Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pandela in the Hindi language
पन्डेलाpandela-
Pandela in the Marathi language
पंडेलाpandela37.5
पंदेलाpandela25
पांडेलाpandela25
पंडेलेpandele12.5

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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 Pandela
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