Shelela Surname
Approximately 168 people bear this surname
Shelela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 142 | 1:372,828 | 27,176 |
| South Africa | 22 | 1:2,462,623 | 101,019 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Shelela (25) may also be a first name.
Shelela Demographics
Average Shelela Salary in
South Africa
R 145,296
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Shelela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shelela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shelela occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shelela? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,333,288th most commonly used family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 43,378,250 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Shelela live; 85 percent live in East Africa and 85 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Shelela is also the 2,136,160th most frequently occurring first name in the world, held by 25 people.
The surname is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 142 people, or 1 in 372,828. In Tanzania Shelela is mostly concentrated in: Mbeya Region, where 99 percent are found and Rukwa Region, where 1 percent are found. Besides Tanzania this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 13 percent are found and Zambia, where 1 percent are found.
Shelela Last Name Statistics demography
Shelela earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 38.86% less than the national average, earning R 145,296 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 Shelela
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