Shalele Surname
Approximately 170 people bear this surname
Shalele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 110 | 1:21,904 | 3,735 |
| Nigeria | 56 | 1:3,163,264 | 96,723 |
| Zambia | 4 | 1:3,962,480 | 38,524 |
Shalele (40) may also be a first name.
Shalele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shalele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shalele occurs most in Namibia. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shalele? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,321,499th most numerous surname on earth, held by around 1 in 42,867,917 people. The surname Shalele occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Shalele reside; 67 percent reside in Southern Africa and 67 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Shalele is also the 1,614,485th most frequently occurring first name globally, borne by 40 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Namibia, where it is carried by 110 people, or 1 in 21,904. In Namibia it is most frequent in: Ohangwena Region, where 94 percent are found, Oshana Region, where 4 percent are found and Erongo Region, where 1 percent are found. Other than Namibia this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 33 percent are found and Zambia, where 2 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 Shalele
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