Thamela Surname
Approximately 280 people bear this surname
Thamela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 276 | 1:196,296 | 21,158 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Thamela (225) may also be a first name.
Thamela Demographics
Average Thamela Salary in
South Africa
R 88,656
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Thamela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thamela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Thamela (Marathi: थामेला) is most common in South Africa. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Thamela click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Thamela? popularity and diffusion
It is the 937,786th most frequent family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 26,026,950 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Thamela live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 599,828th most frequently occurring first name at a global level It is held by 225 people.
The last name is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 276 people, or 1 in 196,296. In South Africa it is most frequent in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 25 percent live, Western Cape, where 23 percent live and Eastern Cape, where 23 percent live. Without taking into account South Africa it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 0 percent live and Ghana, where 0 percent live.
Thamela Last Name Statistics demography
Thamela earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 62.69% less than the national average, earning R 88,656 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Thamela Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Thamela in the Marathi language | ||
| थामेला | thamela | - |
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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 Thamela
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