Swela Surname
Approximately 190 people bear this surname
Swela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 80 | 1:192,978 | 22,657 |
| Indonesia | 42 | 1:3,148,790 | 173,812 |
| South Africa | 23 | 1:2,355,552 | 98,611 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Tanzania | 20 | 1:2,647,081 | 48,780 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Swela (97) may also be a first name.
Swela Demographics
Average Swela Salary in
South Africa
R 118,020
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Swela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Swela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Swela (Arabic: سويلا) is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Swela? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,227,038th most commonly occurring last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 38,355,505 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 76 percent of Swela are found; 54 percent are found in Southern Africa and 54 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 962,660th most frequently used first name globally It is held by 97 people.
The surname is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 80 people, or 1 in 192,978. In Zimbabwe it is most numerous in: Midlands Province, where 44 percent are found, Mashonaland East Province, where 26 percent are found and Mashonaland West Province, where 16 percent are found. Outside of Zimbabwe this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 22 percent are found and South Africa, where 12 percent are found.
Swela Last Name Statistics demography
Swela earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 50.34% less than the national average, earning R 118,020 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Swela Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Swela in the Arabic language | ||
| سويلا | swyla | - |
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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 Swela
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