Zahela Surname

1,231,034th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 189 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Zahela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zahela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1411:384,23934,295
Iran421:1,828,15567,506
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Zahela (37) may also be a first name.

Zahela Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Zahela Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Zahela (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺯﺍﺣﺎﻟﻪ) is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Zahela? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,231,034th most frequent last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 38,558,444 people. The surname Zahela occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Zahela are found; 75 percent are found in Southern Africa and 75 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,688,769th most commonly used first name in the world It is held by 37 people.

It is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is held by 141 people, or 1 in 384,239. In South Africa Zahela is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 69 percent live, Western Cape, where 25 percent live and Gauteng, where 4 percent live. Not including South Africa this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 22 percent live and Indonesia, where 1 percent live.

Zahela Last Name Statistics demography

Zahela earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 54.3% less than the national average, earning R 108,612 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dzahela921/
Zahila8319/
Zaeela834/
Zaelha831/
Zaella831/
Zahelo831/
Zahilay773/
Cahelya772/
Zauhila771/
Zahelei771/
Zeula73619/
Zoela7384/
Zaelo739/
Chaela67279/
Zehila6745/
Ciaela6712/
Zoelea674/
Tsaela672/
Zeelah671/
Zoella671/
Zohelo671/
Zoelay671/
Zauila671/

Zahela Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Zahela in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺯﺍﺣﺎﻟﻪzahalh-

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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
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  • 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 Zahela
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