Thobokela Surname

1,518,885th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 137 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Thobokela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thobokela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho1261:16,1313,490
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631

Thobokela Last Name Facts

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

Thobokela is more frequently found in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Thobokela? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,518,885th most frequently used family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 53,193,766 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Thobokela live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most numerous in Lesotho, where it is carried by 126 people, or 1 in 16,131. In Lesotho Thobokela is mostly concentrated in: Maseru District, where 56 percent live, Mafeteng District, where 23 percent live and Berea District, where 13 percent live. Outside of Lesotho this last name exists in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 8 percent live.

Thobokela Last Name Statistics demography

Thobokela earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 80.73% less than the national average, earning R 45,792 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
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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 Thobokela
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