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
Sowela has its highest incidence in The DR Congo. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sowela? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 423,762nd most commonly occurring surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 8,919,885 people. The 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 commonly used given name globally, borne by 103 people.
Sowela is most frequently used in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 746 people, or 1 in 99,034. Aside from The DR Congo Sowela exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 3 percent are found and South Africa, where 3 percent are found.
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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