Thathasela Surname

2,237,939th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 72 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Thathasela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Thathasela Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho711:28,6285,512
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Thathasela Last Name Facts

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

The surname Thathasela is held by more people in Lesotho than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Thathasela? popularity and diffusion

Thathasela is the 2,237,939th most prevalent family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 101,215,916 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Thathasela live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Thathasela is most commonly held in Lesotho, where it is held by 71 people, or 1 in 28,628. In Lesotho Thathasela is most numerous in: Mohale's Hoek District, where 94 percent reside, Maseru District, where 4 percent reside and Mafeteng District, where 1 percent reside. Other than Lesotho this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thatasela954/
Thathazela908/
Thatazela841/
Tatasala783/
Thuthuzela701/
Tatesala672/
Thethisile601/
Thotogelo531/

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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 Thathasela
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