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
The surname Thamela (Marathi: थामेला) is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Thamela? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 937,786th most commonly held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 26,026,950 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Thamela are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Thamela is also the 599,828th most commonly held first name in the world It is held by 225 people.
This surname is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is held by 276 people, or 1 in 196,296. In South Africa it is primarily found in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 25 percent reside, Western Cape, where 23 percent reside and Eastern Cape, where 23 percent reside. Apart from South Africa this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 0 percent reside and Ghana, where 0 percent reside.
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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