Sankoela Surname

1,011,991st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 251 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Sankoela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sankoela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho2421:8,3991,884
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966

Sankoela (429) may also be a first name.

Sankoela Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sankoela is held by more people in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Sankoela.

How Common Is The Last Name Sankoela? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,011,991st most widespread family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 29,034,047 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sankoela live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Sankoela is also the 414,511th most numerous first name on earth It is held by 429 people.

Sankoela is most widespread in Lesotho, where it is held by 242 people, or 1 in 8,399. In Lesotho it is most frequent in: Butha-Buthe District, where 57 percent live, Leribe District, where 23 percent live and Thaba-Tseka District, where 10 percent live. Apart from Lesotho Sankoela occurs in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 4 percent live.

Sankoela Last Name Statistics demography

Sankoela earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 64.69% less than the national average, earning R 83,904 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
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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 Sankoela
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