Thobala Surname

1,882,912th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 97 people bear this surname

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

Thobala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thobala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa961:564,35143,987
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402

Thobala (14) may also be a first name.

Thobala Last Name Facts

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

The surname Thobala is found most in South Africa. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Thobala? popularity and diffusion

The last name Thobala is the 1,882,912th most widely held last name globally It is held by around 1 in 75,129,339 people. The surname Thobala occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Thobala live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most frequently used given name in the world, held by 14 people.

The surname is most numerous in South Africa, where it is borne by 96 people, or 1 in 564,351. In South Africa Thobala is most common in: Free State, where 75 percent live, Gauteng, where 15 percent live and Northern Cape, where 4 percent live. Barring South Africa it occurs in one country. It is also found in Lesotho, where 1 percent live.

Thobala Last Name Statistics demography

Thobala earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 73.97% less than the national average, earning R 61,848 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
  • 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 Thobala
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