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 last name Sewela is most common in South Africa. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Sewela.
How Common Is The Last Name Sewela? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 276,555th most numerous last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 5,197,964 people. The last name Sewela occurs predominantly 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 widespread first name internationally It is held by 8,542 people.
It is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is held by 1,170 people, or 1 in 46,306. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Gauteng, where 43 percent are found, Limpopo, where 36 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 12 percent are found. Aside from South Africa Sewela occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 9 percent are found and Botswana, where 7 percent are found.
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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