Ntsela Surname

1,333,288th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 168 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Ntsela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ntsela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa941:576,35944,560
Lesotho441:46,1947,453
Botswana281:78,10513,263
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

The alternate forms: Ntšela (5) are calculated separately.

Ntsela (58) may also be a first name.

Ntsela Last Name Facts

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

Ntsela is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant: Ntšela. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ntsela? popularity and diffusion

Ntsela is the 1,333,288th most frequent surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 43,378,250 people. The last name Ntsela is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ntsela are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,295,729th most prevalent first name on earth It is held by 58 people.

The last name Ntsela is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is carried by 94 people, or 1 in 576,359. In South Africa Ntsela is mostly found in: Free State, where 33 percent live, Gauteng, where 31 percent live and North West, where 21 percent live. Besides South Africa Ntsela is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 26 percent live and Botswana, where 17 percent live.

Ntsela Last Name Statistics demography

Ntsela earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 74.56% less than the national average, earning R 60,444 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ntšela945/
Ntshela92120/
Ntsiela92101/
Nts'ela9255/
Ntsehla9210/
Nt'sela925/
Ntseula922/
Ntselah921/
Ntse'la921/
Ntshiela8627/
Ntsheula868/
Ntseiloa861/
Ntshsela861/
Ntsieloa861/
Ntsele838,581/
Ntsala832,885/
Ntsila83778/
Ntseli83214/
Ntsola8324/
Ntselo8310/
Ntjela831/
Ntshila772,288/
Ntshele771,388/
Ntshala77292/
Ntsalla77220/
Ntsielo77219/
Nts'eli77134/
Nts'ala77116/
Ntsetle77108/
Ntsiele7753/
Ntsaila7744/
Ntshola7716/
Nt'seli7712/
Ntsieli778/
Nt'sala778/
Ntzelia775/
Ntshelo774/
Ntsheli774/
Ntsehle773/
Ntse'li772/
Ntseile772/
Nts'ele771/
Ntselee771/
Ntselii771/
Ntsuila771/
'Ntsele771/
Nthsala771/
N'Tsele771/
Nzela733,473/
Ncela733/
Nts'alla71134/
Nts'etle7178/
Ntshiele7168/
Ntzelias7132/
Nts'aila7124/
Nt'salla7120/
Ntshalla7113/
Nt'setle7112/
Ntse'tle714/
Ntsa'lla713/
Ntsuilas711/
Nts'ehle711/
Ntshaila711/
Ntshetle711/
Nt'saila711/
Nchela67636/
Ntsolo67378/
Ntsilo67298/
Ntjelo67261/
Nzeula6755/
Ntsile6740/
Nziela6729/
Ndzela6725/
Ntshetlho6717/
Ntsili679/
Ntšeli679/
Nzelia672/
Ndcela672/
Ntzala672/
Ntsalo672/
Nscele672/
Ntzila671/
Nzelai671/
Ntcila671/
Nzeala671/
Nzsele671/
N'Zela671/

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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 Ntsela
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