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 surname Thoabala is found most in South Africa. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Thoabala? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 267,807th most common surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 4,998,317 people. Thoabala occurs predominantly 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 commonly held first name throughout the world, borne by 31 people.

The last name Thoabala is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is borne by 1,192 people, or 1 in 45,451. In South Africa Thoabala is most frequent in: Free State, where 64 percent reside, Gauteng, where 22 percent reside and North West, where 5 percent reside. Outside of South Africa Thoabala exists 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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