Thoabala Surname

267,807th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,458 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Thoabala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thoabala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,1921:45,4515,808
Lesotho2601:7,8181,716
England31:18,572,686338,250
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Thoabala (31) may also be a first name.

Thoabala Last Name Facts

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

The last name Thoabala is found most frequently in South Africa. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Thoabala? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 267,807th most commonly held family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,998,317 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Thoabala are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most frequently occurring first name internationally It is held by 31 people.

This last name is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 1,192 people, or 1 in 45,451. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Free State, where 64 percent reside, Gauteng, where 22 percent reside and North West, where 5 percent reside. Apart from South Africa Thoabala occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 18 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Thoabala Last Name Statistics demography

Thoabala earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 30.84% less than the national average, earning R 164,352 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thoaballa941/
Toabala932/
Toabalas8815/
Thoabalo881/
Thoabela881/
Tahobola759/
Tahobela751/
Tohobela751/
Tohoballo713/
Tahobola'a671/
Taoubela6311/
Touobalo634/
Touobolo501/

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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 Thoabala
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