Thole Surname
Approximately 30,767 people bear this surname
Thole Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 11,920 | 1:1,330 | 186 |
| Malawi | 7,921 | 1:2,161 | 256 |
| South Africa | 4,669 | 1:11,604 | 1,447 |
| United States | 2,086 | 1:173,758 | 17,478 |
| Germany | 1,515 | 1:53,139 | 6,908 |
| India | 1,408 | 1:544,791 | 26,883 |
| Zimbabwe | 396 | 1:38,985 | 6,031 |
| Netherlands | 318 | 1:53,104 | 9,110 |
| France | 90 | 1:738,030 | 91,686 |
| Botswana | 72 | 1:30,374 | 6,067 |
| England | 60 | 1:928,634 | 47,428 |
| Lesotho | 50 | 1:40,651 | 6,911 |
| Wales | 49 | 1:63,154 | 5,613 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Iran | 40 | 1:1,919,563 | 69,574 |
| Indonesia | 28 | 1:4,723,186 | 228,527 |
| Argentina | 20 | 1:2,137,171 | 104,027 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| Canada | 12 | 1:3,070,466 | 169,836 |
| Australia | 9 | 1:2,999,522 | 116,751 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Panama | 3 | 1:1,304,086 | 13,647 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 11 | 1:2,215,943 | 64,354 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:784,208 | 16,349 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 209 | 1:240,281 | 20,076 |
The alternate forms: Thöle (1,603), Tholé (2) & Thôle (1) are calculated separately.
Thole (791) may also be a first name.
Thole Demographics
Average Male Thole Height
176.83 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Thole Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thole Come From? nationality or country of origin
Thole (Hindi: ठोले, Marathi: ठोळे) is borne by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: Thöle, Tholé or Thôle. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Thole? popularity and diffusion
It is the 17,958th most frequently held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 236,862 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 82 percent of Thole reside; 81 percent reside in Southern Africa and 81 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 291,309th most frequently held first name throughout the world, held by 791 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Zambia, where it is carried by 11,920 people, or 1 in 1,330. In Zambia Thole is most frequent in: Eastern Province, where 58 percent are found, Lusaka Province, where 24 percent are found and Copperbelt Province, where 10 percent are found. Barring Zambia Thole is found in 41 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 26 percent are found and South Africa, where 15 percent are found.
Thole Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Thole has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 998 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 545 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 2,450 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Thole Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Thole last name are 20.17% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 66.94% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Thole earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 37.53% less than the national average, earning R 148,464 per year; in United States they earn 6.91% more than the national average, earning $46,130 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.97% less than the national average, earning $41,748 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Thole Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Thole in the Hindi language | ||
| ठोले | thole | 60 |
| थोले | thole | 40 |
| Thole in the Marathi language | ||
| ठोळे | thole | 51.28 |
| ठोले | thole | 43.82 |
| थोले | thole | 1.57 |
| ढोले | dhole | 1.37 |
| टोळे | tole | 0.39 |
| ढोळे | dhole | 0.2 |
| टोले | tole | 0.2 |
| थोळे | thole | 0.2 |
| ठोके | thoke | 0.1 |
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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
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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 Thole
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