Shole Surname
Approximately 3,040 people bear this surname
Shole Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 1,505 | 1:35,998 | 4,618 |
| Tanzania | 813 | 1:65,119 | 6,897 |
| Kenya | 164 | 1:281,585 | 18,349 |
| India | 136 | 1:5,640,187 | 135,419 |
| Iran | 104 | 1:738,294 | 38,062 |
| DR Congo | 103 | 1:717,277 | 51,618 |
| Indonesia | 92 | 1:1,437,491 | 97,733 |
| Nigeria | 52 | 1:3,406,592 | 101,701 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Pakistan | 11 | 1:16,240,353 | 64,496 |
| Kosovo | 10 | 1:186,187 | 7,122 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1:2,326,302 | 54,089 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 23 | 1:2,183,421 | 107,224 |
Shole (1,539) may also be a first name.
Shole Demographics
Shole Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Shole Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shole Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shole (Bengali: শোলে, Georgian: შოლე, Hindi: शोले, Marathi: शोले, Russian: Шоле) is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shole? popularity and diffusion
It is the 145,943rd most commonly held family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 2,397,219 people. The surname Shole occurs predominantly in Africa, where 87 percent of Shole are found; 50 percent are found in Southern Africa and 50 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Shole is also the 197,659th most common given name world-wide, held by 1,539 people.
This last name is most common in South Africa, where it is held by 1,505 people, or 1 in 35,998. In South Africa Shole is most numerous in: North West, where 54 percent live, Gauteng, where 42 percent live and Free State, where 1 percent live. Barring South Africa this surname occurs in 25 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 27 percent live and Kenya, where 5 percent live.
Shole Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Shole has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Shole last name increased 150 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it fell 78 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Shole Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Shole last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Shole earn somewhat less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 12.87% less than the national average, earning R 207,060 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shole Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shole in the Georgian language | ||
| შოლე | shole | - |
| Shole in the Bengali language | ||
| শোলে | sole | - |
| Shole in the Hindi language | ||
| शोले | sole | - |
| Shole in the Marathi language | ||
| शोले | sole | 87.21 |
| सोले | sole | 6.98 |
| शोळे | sole | 4.65 |
| शॉले | sole | 1.16 |
| Shole in the Russian language | ||
| Шоле | sole | - |
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Shole Reference & Research
Sholl FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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 Shole
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