Pekela Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Pekela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 43 | 1:1,259,947 | 70,377 |
| Netherlands | 17 | 1:993,363 | 65,241 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Pekela (19) may also be a first name.
Pekela Demographics
Average Pekela Salary in
South Africa
R 36,936
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Pekela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pekela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pekela is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pekela? popularity and diffusion
The surname Pekela is the 2,273,756th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 104,107,799 people. The last name Pekela is predominantly found in Africa, where 74 percent of Pekela live; 74 percent live in Southern Africa and 74 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Pekela is also the 2,523,061st most widely held first name at a global level, borne by 19 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 43 people, or 1 in 1,259,947. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Free State, where 70 percent reside, Northern Cape, where 14 percent reside and North West, where 12 percent reside. Without taking into account South Africa this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 24 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 13 percent reside.
Pekela Last Name Statistics demography
Pekela earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 84.46% less than the national average, earning R 36,936 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 Pekela
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