Thobekela Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Thobekela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
Thobekela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thobekela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Thobekela is found most in South Africa. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Thobekela click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Thobekela? popularity and diffusion
Thobekela is the 10,311,814th most frequently held last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Thobekela live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most common in South Africa, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 27,088,852. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Eastern Cape, where 50 percent reside and Limpopo, where 50 percent reside. Other than South Africa this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Lesotho, where 33 percent reside.
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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 Thobekela
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