Swele Surname
Approximately 555 people bear this surname
Swele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 388 | 1:139,633 | 16,083 |
| DR Congo | 130 | 1:568,304 | 43,658 |
| Botswana | 33 | 1:66,271 | 11,607 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Swele (160) may also be a first name.
Swele Demographics
Average Swele Salary in
South Africa
R 150,180
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Swele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Swele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Swele has its highest incidence in South Africa. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Swele click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Swele? popularity and diffusion
The surname Swele is the 568,972nd most common family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 13,130,713 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Swele are found; 76 percent are found in Southern Africa and 76 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Swele is also the 725,185th most prevalent first name at a global level, borne by 160 people.
This surname is most frequent in South Africa, where it is held by 388 people, or 1 in 139,633. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Gauteng, where 47 percent live, Limpopo, where 25 percent live and Mpumalanga, where 16 percent live. Apart from South Africa this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 23 percent live and Botswana, where 6 percent live.
Swele Last Name Statistics demography
Swele earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 36.8% less than the national average, earning R 150,180 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 Swele
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