Setabele Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Setabele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Setabele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho311:65,5669,080
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Setabele (98) may also be a first name.

Setabele Last Name Facts

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

The surname Setabele has its highest incidence in Lesotho. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Setabele? popularity and diffusion

The last name Setabele is the 3,485,539th most widespread last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Setabele live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Setabele is also the 956,749th most widely held forename at a global level. It is borne by 98 people.

The last name Setabele is most widespread in Lesotho, where it is carried by 31 people, or 1 in 65,566. In Lesotho Setabele is most numerous in: Leribe District, where 71 percent live, Butha-Buthe District, where 10 percent live and Maseru District, where 10 percent live. Besides Lesotho this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sethabele941/
Setabela88189/
Setabole88159/
Setobele8855/
Setebele8838/
Sethabela821,326/
Sethebele8214/
Sethabile825/
Shetabale822/
Settebele821/
Sithabele821/
Satabale758/
Sitabile752/
Setobela752/
Satobele751/
Sitabela751/
Sithebele7117/
Sithabela7114/
Sithabile719/
Sethobela716/
Shatobele711/

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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 Setabele
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