Thabang Forename

15,449th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 62,026 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Thabang Forename User-submission:

The name Thabang means 'be happy' in the Sotho and Itumeleng languages of Tswana.

Thabang Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa
92%
 
38,2111:1,427212
Lesotho
98%
 
15,4001:1324
Botswana
85%
 
7,7711:28118
Swaziland-2051:6,3421,007
Zimbabwe
 
61%
1541:100,1557,249
England
67%
 
1471:378,2518,865
Kuwait-381:99,6126,886
United States-261:13,943,730127,115
Iceland-171:21,5301,463
Wales
100%
161:193,3943,524
Scotland-71:764,3388,248
Canada-51:6,626,67458,631
Poland-41:9,506,7785,827
Brazil-31:71,412,051442,691
United Arab Emirates-21:3,575,99676,635
Trinidad and Tobago-21:680,71023,658
India
50%
 
21:607,438,9864,324,298
Russia-21:72,116,852125,484
Sri Lanka-11:20,799,08716,824
Netherlands
100%
11:16,902,08343,152
Singapore-11:6,287,05439,645
Portugal-11:10,410,86612,786
Norway-11:5,132,32937,513
Nigeria-11:177,564,360489,087
Northern Ireland-11:1,843,1463,737
Mozambique-11:27,243,3575,091
Ghana-11:26,986,21613,521
Ethiopia-11:97,560,13329,608
China-11:1,366,055,782109,249
Cameroon
100%
11:21,610,503119,836
Belgium-11:11,490,04143,727
Australia-11:13,657,62255,904

Thabang (2,107) may also be a surname.

Thabang Forename Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The name Thabang means 'be happy' in the Sotho and Itumeleng languages of Tswana.

- retta

The name Thabang means 'let's be happy', 'happiness'.

- Forebears.io Manual Submissions

Thabang is a Sotho name, which means 'happiness'.

- ghoul23

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