Thokolo Surname

527,543rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 614 people bear this surname

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

Thokolo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thokolo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa5931:91,36211,180
Botswana171:128,64318,229
England31:18,572,686338,250
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Thokolo (105) may also be a first name.

Thokolo Last Name Facts

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

Thokolo has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Thokolo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 527,543rd most frequent last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 11,868,967 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Thokolo reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 920,134th most commonly occurring first name globally, borne by 105 people.

This surname is most numerous in South Africa, where it is carried by 593 people, or 1 in 91,362. In South Africa Thokolo is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 42 percent reside, Limpopo, where 33 percent reside and Free State, where 18 percent reside. Not including South Africa this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 3 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Thokolo Last Name Statistics demography

Thokolo earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 48.07% less than the national average, earning R 123,396 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 Thokolo
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