Sowela Surname
Approximately 817 people bear this surname
Sowela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 746 | 1:99,034 | 11,142 |
| Zimbabwe | 23 | 1:671,228 | 49,171 |
| South Africa | 21 | 1:2,579,891 | 103,459 |
| Indonesia | 17 | 1:7,779,364 | 314,803 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Sowela (103) may also be a first name.
Sowela Demographics
Average Sowela Salary in
South Africa
R 98,544
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Sowela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sowela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sowela is more commonly found in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Sowela.
How Common Is The Last Name Sowela? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 423,762nd most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 8,919,885 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Sowela live; 91 percent live in Central Africa and 91 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Sowela is also the 930,172nd most frequently held first name in the world It is held by 103 people.
The surname Sowela is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 746 people, or 1 in 99,034. Excluding The DR Congo it exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 3 percent live and South Africa, where 3 percent live.
Sowela Last Name Statistics demography
Sowela earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 58.53% less than the national average, earning R 98,544 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 Sowela
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