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 has its highest incidence in South Africa. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sewela? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sewela is the 276,555th most frequent last name globally, borne by around 1 in 5,197,964 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sewela are found; 91 percent are found in Southern Africa and 91 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Sewela is also the 68,109th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 8,542 people.
The surname is most frequent in South Africa, where it is borne by 1,170 people, or 1 in 46,306. In South Africa Sewela is mostly found in: Gauteng, where 43 percent live, Limpopo, where 36 percent live and Mpumalanga, where 12 percent live. Besides South Africa this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 9 percent live and Botswana, where 7 percent live.
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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