Sihlabela Surname

617,991st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 498 people bear this surname

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

Sihlabela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sihlabela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa4911:110,34213,274
Swaziland41:324,550996
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Sihlabela Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sihlabela is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sihlabela? popularity and diffusion

Sihlabela is the 617,991st most widespread surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 14,633,626 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Sihlabela reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most common in South Africa, where it is borne by 491 people, or 1 in 110,342. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Mpumalanga, where 79 percent live, Gauteng, where 15 percent live and North West, where 2 percent live. Not including South Africa it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Swaziland, where 1 percent live and Scotland, where 0 percent live.

Sihlabela Last Name Statistics demography

Sihlabela earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 39.89% less than the national average, earning R 142,848 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
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  • 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 Sihlabela
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