Phonela Surname
Approximately 544 people bear this surname
Phonela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 366 | 1:46,774 | 6,615 |
| South Africa | 124 | 1:436,917 | 37,311 |
| Zimbabwe | 38 | 1:406,269 | 36,425 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
Phonela Demographics
Average Phonela Salary in
South Africa
R 112,572
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Phonela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Phonela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Phonela is most common in Malawi. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Phonela? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 577,768th most frequently occurring family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 13,396,224 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Phonela live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most widespread in Malawi, where it is borne by 366 people, or 1 in 46,774. Excluding Malawi it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 23 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 7 percent reside.
Phonela Last Name Statistics demography
Phonela earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 52.63% less than the national average, earning R 112,572 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 Phonela
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