Shelembe Surname

49,009th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10,502 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Shelembe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shelembe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa10,4811:5,169655
England101:5,571,806158,774
Swaziland91:144,244719
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Shelembe Last Name Facts

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

Shelembe is found most frequently in South Africa. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Shelembe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 49,009th most frequently used family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 693,920 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Shelembe live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is borne by 10,481 people, or 1 in 5,169. In South Africa it is most common in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 78 percent reside, Gauteng, where 14 percent reside and Mpumalanga, where 2 percent reside. Barring South Africa this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent reside and Swaziland, where 0 percent reside.

Shelembe Last Name Statistics demography

Shelembe earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 40.59% less than the national average, earning R 141,192 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
  • 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 Shelembe
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