Samkelo Surname

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

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Iceland

Samkelo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Samkelo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa231:2,355,55298,611
England31:18,572,686338,250
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Samkelo (11,160) may also be a first name.

Samkelo Last Name Facts

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

Samkelo occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Samkelo? popularity and diffusion

The last name Samkelo is the 3,798,600th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. Samkelo occurs mostly in Africa, where 85 percent of Samkelo live; 85 percent live in Southern Africa and 85 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 56,920th most frequently used given name on earth It is held by 11,160 people.

The surname Samkelo is most frequent in South Africa, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 2,355,552. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Gauteng, where 57 percent live, Free State, where 26 percent live and Western Cape, where 9 percent live. Not including South Africa Samkelo is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 11 percent live and Iceland, where 4 percent live.

Samkelo Last Name Statistics demography

Samkelo earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 26.24% less than the national average, earning R 175,272 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 Samkelo
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