Thelisi Surname

1,795,579th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 105 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Thelisi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thelisi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho981:20,7404,299
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Thelisi (30) may also be a first name.

Thelisi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Thelisi is more frequently found in Lesotho than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Thelisi? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,795,579th most common surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 69,405,199 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Thelisi live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Thelisi is also the 1,911,214th most numerous first name throughout the world. It is borne by 30 people.

This last name is most commonly used in Lesotho, where it is held by 98 people, or 1 in 20,740. In Lesotho Thelisi is primarily concentrated in: Leribe District, where 60 percent reside, Butha-Buthe District, where 31 percent reside and Maseru District, where 6 percent reside. Besides Lesotho it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 5 percent reside and India, where 1 percent reside.

Thelisi Last Name Statistics demography

Thelisi earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 40.34% less than the national average, earning R 141,780 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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  • 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 Thelisi
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