Thobela Surname
Approximately 9,766 people bear this surname
Thobela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 9,023 | 1:6,004 | 767 |
| Swaziland | 657 | 1:1,976 | 202 |
| Lesotho | 41 | 1:49,575 | 7,796 |
| Zimbabwe | 21 | 1:735,154 | 52,165 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Thobela (6,397) may also be a first name.
Thobela Demographics
Average Thobela Salary in
South Africa
R 149,472
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Thobela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thobela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Thobela occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Thobela? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 52,391st most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 746,216 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Thobela live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 82,209th most widely held given name in the world, held by 6,397 people.
The last name Thobela is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is carried by 9,023 people, or 1 in 6,004. In South Africa Thobela is mostly concentrated in: Mpumalanga, where 47 percent live, Gauteng, where 24 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 10 percent live. Aside from South Africa this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Swaziland, where 7 percent live and Lesotho, where 0 percent live.
Thobela Last Name Statistics demography
Thobela earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 37.1% less than the national average, earning R 149,472 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tobela | 92 | 746 | / |
| Thabela | 86 | 441 | / |
| Thobala | 86 | 97 | / |
| Thobelo | 86 | 40 | / |
| Thovela | 86 | 26 | / |
| Toubela | 86 | 24 | / |
| Tobelai | 86 | 18 | / |
| Thobola | 86 | 18 | / |
| Thebela | 86 | 16 | / |
| Thobila | 86 | 3 | / |
| Toybela | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tobelia | 86 | 1 | / |
| Thebeila | 80 | 16 | / |
| Thovhela | 80 | 2 | / |
| Toubelea | 80 | 2 | / |
| Thobilas | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tovela | 77 | 32,955 | / |
| Tobola | 77 | 1,811 | / |
| Tobala | 77 | 772 | / |
| Tabela | 77 | 496 | / |
| Tobelo | 77 | 388 | / |
| Tebela | 77 | 384 | / |
| Tobila | 77 | 277 | / |
| Tebeila | 71 | 1,022 | / |
| Toebola | 71 | 139 | / |
| Thebola | 71 | 125 | / |
| Thobalo | 71 | 90 | / |
| Thobolo | 71 | 88 | / |
| Toballa | 71 | 74 | / |
| Thabala | 71 | 70 | / |
| Tovella | 71 | 55 | / |
| Tobolla | 71 | 42 | / |
| Thabelo | 71 | 35 | / |
| Tabelia | 71 | 26 | / |
| Tohbila | 71 | 24 | / |
| Tobalia | 71 | 23 | / |
| Tabelea | 71 | 18 | / |
| Tabelah | 71 | 17 | / |
| Tobilat | 71 | 17 | / |
| Tompela | 71 | 12 | / |
| Touvela | 71 | 11 | / |
| Tobiola | 71 | 10 | / |
| Tobelou | 71 | 9 | / |
| Tebelha | 71 | 6 | / |
| Toivela | 71 | 4 | / |
| Tabeela | 71 | 4 | / |
| Tobilia | 71 | 3 | / |
| Tuibela | 71 | 2 | / |
| Tobeleu | 71 | 2 | / |
| Toobola | 71 | 2 | / |
| Tabelas | 71 | 2 | / |
| Thebelo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tobelyo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tehbila | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tebelah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Thabola | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tabaela | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tohbala | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tobelho | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tobilea | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tovelia | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tabetla | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tabeila | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tabelat | 71 | 1 | / |
| Thonpila | 67 | 19 | / |
| Thebolla | 67 | 7 | / |
| Tahabila | 67 | 3 | / |
| Thabalha | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tabelgaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Toubelou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Touballa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thebalah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thabilah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thabalai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tahhbila | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tahabala | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thabolla | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thabalya | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Thobela
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis