Wolela Surname
Approximately 13,476 people bear this surname
Wolela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 13,361 | 1:7,301 | 1,145 |
| South Africa | 89 | 1:608,738 | 46,089 |
| Uganda | 15 | 1:2,602,619 | 75,106 |
| Tanzania | 8 | 1:6,617,702 | 68,742 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wolela (29) may also be a first name.
Wolela Demographics
Average Wolela Salary in
South Africa
R 254,184
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Wolela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wolela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wolela is found most in Ethiopia. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Wolela.
How Common Is The Last Name Wolela? popularity and diffusion
It is the 39,004th most frequently held surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 540,780 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wolela are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. Wolela is also the 1,951,561st most numerous given name throughout the world It is held by 29 people.
The surname Wolela is most frequent in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 13,361 people, or 1 in 7,301. Beside Ethiopia this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 1 percent live and Uganda, where 0 percent live.
Wolela Last Name Statistics demography
Wolela earn somewhat more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 6.96% more than the national average, earning R 254,184 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 Wolela
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