Sehlala Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Sehlala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 18 | 1:112,920 | 11,579 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Sehlala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sehlala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sehlala is found in Lesotho more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Sehlala.
How Common Is The Last Name Sehlala? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sehlala is the 4,427,875th most widely held last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sehlala live; 95 percent live in Southern Africa and 95 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most widely held in Lesotho, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 112,920. In Lesotho Sehlala is mostly concentrated in: Butha-Buthe District, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Lesotho this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 5 percent are found and South Africa, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Sehlala
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