Semakale Surname

587,571st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 532 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Semakale Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Semakale Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho3141:6,4731,357
South Africa2181:248,52225,292

Semakale (126) may also be a first name.

Semakale Last Name Facts

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

The last name Semakale is more commonly found in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Semakale? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 587,571st most commonly held surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 13,698,395 people. Semakale is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Semakale live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 829,183rd most prevalent first name on earth, borne by 126 people.

Semakale is most frequently used in Lesotho, where it is held by 314 people, or 1 in 6,473. In Lesotho it is most frequent in: Maseru District, where 52 percent reside, Quthing District, where 24 percent reside and Leribe District, where 13 percent reside. Aside from Lesotho this last name is found in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 41 percent reside.

Semakale Last Name Statistics demography

Semakale earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 66.55% less than the national average, earning R 79,488 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 Semakale
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