Stimela Surname

837,371st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 329 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Stimela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Stimela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1771:306,08929,333
Botswana1211:18,0743,590
Zimbabwe231:671,22849,171
Lesotho41:508,14018,568
England21:27,859,030389,889
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Stimela (222) may also be a first name.

Stimela Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Stimela Come From? nationality or country of origin

Stimela is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Stimela? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 837,371st most prevalent last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 22,150,595 people. The surname Stimela is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Stimela reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Stimela is also the 605,116th most frequently held first name at a global level, held by 222 people.

This surname is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 177 people, or 1 in 306,089. In South Africa Stimela is mostly concentrated in: Western Cape, where 38 percent are found, Eastern Cape, where 34 percent are found and Gauteng, where 21 percent are found. Other than South Africa it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 37 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 7 percent are found.

Stimela Last Name Statistics demography

Stimela earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 33.34% less than the national average, earning R 158,400 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Stemela863,773/
Stimola86183/
Stimely86163/
Stimele8613/
Stimala861/
Stimila861/
Stymela861/
Sztymela8046/
Chtimela802/
Stemiela801/
Stimilah801/
Steimely801/
Stemelai801/
Stemmela801/
Stimalai801/
Stimmele800/
Stimeley800/
Stemele712,999/
Stimolo71986/
Stemelo712/
Stemila711/
Sztymala6767/
Stämmeli6717/
Stämmele6710/
Staimili672/
Stumaila671/
Stemeler670/
Stemmeler63170/
Stemhelet632/
Stemile57110/
Stímolo571/
Stêmile571/
Stumolo571/
Stemilio531/
Sthemile531/

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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 Stimela
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