Sewela Surname
Approximately 1,402 people bear this surname
Sewela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 1,170 | 1:46,306 | 5,905 |
| Tanzania | 128 | 1:413,606 | 29,126 |
| Botswana | 99 | 1:22,090 | 4,408 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Sewela (8,542) may also be a first name.
Sewela Demographics
Average Sewela Salary in
South Africa
R 166,620
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Sewela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sewela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sewela is most common in South Africa. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Sewela click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sewela? popularity and diffusion
It is the 276,555th most widely held family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,197,964 people. The surname Sewela occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sewela reside; 91 percent reside in Southern Africa and 91 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 68,109th most frequent first name world-wide It is held by 8,542 people.
The last name Sewela is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is held by 1,170 people, or 1 in 46,306. In South Africa Sewela is primarily concentrated in: Gauteng, where 43 percent reside, Limpopo, where 36 percent reside and Mpumalanga, where 12 percent reside. Aside from South Africa it exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 9 percent reside and Botswana, where 7 percent reside.
Sewela Last Name Statistics demography
Sewela earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 29.88% less than the national average, earning R 166,620 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 Sewela
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