Gaelesiwe Surname

895,817th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 299 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Gaelesiwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gaelesiwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2041:265,57726,568
Botswana941:23,2654,701
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Gaelesiwe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gaelesiwe occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gaelesiwe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 895,817th most widely held family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 24,373,063 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gaelesiwe live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is borne by 204 people, or 1 in 265,577. In South Africa Gaelesiwe is most numerous in: North West, where 62 percent are found, Gauteng, where 24 percent are found and Northern Cape, where 13 percent are found. Apart from South Africa this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 31 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Gaelesiwe Last Name Statistics demography

Gaelesiwe earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 34.73% less than the national average, earning R 155,100 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gaalesiwe8917/
Gaelisiwe8910/
Gaelesewe895/
Galeshiwe892/
Galeisiwe891/
Galesewe824/
Galeshewe7867/
Galesejwe781/
Gaeliciwe781/
Gaelisewe781/
Galoshajwe634/
Galshewe591/
Galashewe561/

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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 Gaelesiwe
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