Sholu Surname
Approximately 159 people bear this surname
Sholu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 73 | 1:27,843 | 5,393 |
| Nigeria | 56 | 1:3,163,264 | 96,723 |
| South Africa | 17 | 1:3,186,924 | 115,449 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Sholu (200) may also be a first name.
Sholu Demographics
Average Sholu Salary in
South Africa
R 86,568
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Sholu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sholu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sholu (Hindi: शोलू, Marathi: शोलू) has its highest incidence in Lesotho. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sholu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,380,086th most commonly used last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 45,833,622 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Sholu live; 57 percent live in Southern Africa and 57 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 640,739th most frequently occurring first name at a global level It is held by 200 people.
This last name is most numerous in Lesotho, where it is borne by 73 people, or 1 in 27,843. In Lesotho it is most numerous in: Butha-Buthe District, where 70 percent reside, Maseru District, where 22 percent reside and Leribe District, where 7 percent reside. Outside of Lesotho this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 35 percent reside and South Africa, where 11 percent reside.
Sholu Last Name Statistics demography
Sholu earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 63.57% less than the national average, earning R 86,568 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sholu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sholu in the Hindi language | ||
| शोलू | solu | 94.74 |
| शोलु | solu | 2.63 |
| सोलू | solu | 2.63 |
| Sholu in the Marathi language | ||
| शोलू | solu | 57.14 |
| शोलु | solu | 42.86 |
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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 Sholu
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