Kholela Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Kholela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 8 | 1:254,070 | 15,268 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Kholela (47) may also be a first name.
Kholela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kholela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kholela is more frequently found in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kholela? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,063,924th most common last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kholela reside; 90 percent reside in Southern Africa and 90 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,467,136th most commonly occurring first name in the world, held by 47 people.
It is most common in Lesotho, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 254,070. In Lesotho it is most numerous in: Mafeteng District, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Lesotho this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 10 percent reside and South Africa, where 10 percent reside.
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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 Kholela
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