Setshwaelo Surname

777,192nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 365 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Setshwaelo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Setshwaelo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1841:294,44428,524
Botswana1651:13,2542,545
United States131:27,881,456736,413
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
England11:55,718,059489,080
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144

Setshwaelo (27) may also be a first name.

Setshwaelo Last Name Facts

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

Setshwaelo is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Setshwaelo? popularity and diffusion

The last name Setshwaelo is the 777,192nd most commonly used last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 19,965,879 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Setshwaelo reside; 96 percent reside in Southern Africa and 96 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most frequent first name on earth, held by 27 people.

The surname is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is borne by 184 people, or 1 in 294,444. In South Africa it is most frequent in: North West, where 80 percent reside, Gauteng, where 18 percent reside and Eastern Cape, where 1 percent reside. Apart from South Africa this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 45 percent reside and The United States, where 4 percent reside.

Setshwaelo Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Setshwaelo earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 35.41% less than the national average, earning R 153,492 per year and in United States they earn 47.42% less than the national average, earning $22,688 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Setswaelo956/
Setshwelo954/
Setshwalo952/
Setshwaela90127/
Setswalo89552/
Setswaloo841/
Setswala781/
Setswolo781/
Sitshwala7459/
Sazuelo592/
Shazwallah501/

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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 Setshwaelo
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