Hlekelele Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Hlekelele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hlekelele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa241:2,257,40496,432
Lesotho31:677,51919,546

Hlekelele (18) may also be a first name.

Hlekelele Last Name Facts

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

The last name Hlekelele is found most in South Africa. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hlekelele? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,798,600th most commonly used surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Hlekelele reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Hlekelele is also the 2,608,198th most prevalent first name on earth, borne by 18 people.

This surname is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is borne by 24 people, or 1 in 2,257,404. In South Africa it is most common in: Gauteng, where 88 percent are found, North West, where 8 percent are found and Free State, where 4 percent are found. Excluding South Africa this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Lesotho, where 11 percent are found.

Hlekelele Last Name Statistics demography

Hlekelele earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 53.61% less than the national average, earning R 110,232 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lekelele9410/
Likelele8262/
Lokelele821/
Lechelele78582/
Lekilelei785/
Likalele7177/
Likeleli719/
Likelela711/
Lichelele673/
Lekilole595/
Lekololi591/
Lekalale591/
Hlikilili5610/
Lekalaile563/

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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 Hlekelele
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