Thobeka Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Swaziland

Thobeka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thobeka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa141:3,869,836127,494
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718

Thobeka (32,836) may also be a first name.

Thobeka Last Name Facts

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

The surname Thobeka is most common in South Africa. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Thobeka? popularity and diffusion

The surname Thobeka is the 4,908,606th most frequently held last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Thobeka are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Thobeka is also the 25,992nd most frequent first name worldwide. It is borne by 32,836 people.

The surname is most frequent in South Africa, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 3,869,836. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Gauteng, where 43 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 29 percent live and Eastern Cape, where 7 percent live. Outside of South Africa Thobeka is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 6 percent live and Swaziland, where 6 percent live.

Thobeka Last Name Statistics demography

Thobeka earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 82.42% less than the national average, earning R 41,784 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tobeka928/
Thobeko8638/
Thabeka8612/
Thoboka869/
Toubeka861/
Toybeka861/
Tebeka772,175/
Tabeka77159/
Toboka77108/
Tobeko7754/
Tobaka7742/
Tobika7734/
Tobjka771/
Tobioka71665/
Thebeko71178/
Thobiko71172/
Tobojka71151/
Tobiška71140/
Toboeko7199/
Tobiska7175/
Toboika7114/
Tobyška718/
Tobyska714/
Thabaka714/
Teubeka711/
Tabekha711/
Thoboko711/
Tobeiko711/
Tobajka711/
Tobaika711/
Tabekai711/
Tabeeka711/
Thebaka711/
Tobijka711/
Tobecko711/
Tabeikai67113/
Tobakhah6713/
Tobyshka6712/
Toebicka671/
Toubekeu671/
Tobishka671/
Tahbakay671/
Tabekash671/
Toihbaka671/

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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 Thobeka
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