Desemele Surname

1,121,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 216 people bear this surname

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

Desemele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Desemele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2121:255,55525,837
Lesotho41:508,14018,568

Desemele Last Name Facts

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

Desemele occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Desemele? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,121,821st most widely held last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 33,738,638 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Desemele live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most numerous in South Africa, where it is held by 212 people, or 1 in 255,555. In South Africa Desemele is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 43 percent live, Western Cape, where 25 percent live and Gauteng, where 17 percent live. Aside from South Africa this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 2 percent live.

Desemele Last Name Statistics demography

Desemele earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 54.99% less than the national average, earning R 106,968 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 Desemele
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