Tjala Surname
Approximately 69 people bear this surname
Tjala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 54 | 1:37,640 | 6,590 |
| Indonesia | 13 | 1:10,173,015 | 372,576 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Tjala (104) may also be a first name.
Tjala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tjala Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tjala is borne by more people in Lesotho than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tjala? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,293,424th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 105,616,607 people. The last name Tjala is predominantly found in Africa, where 81 percent of Tjala are found; 81 percent are found in Southern Africa and 81 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Tjala is also the 925,156th most numerous first name internationally. It is borne by 104 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Lesotho, where it is held by 54 people, or 1 in 37,640. In Lesotho Tjala is most numerous in: Quthing District, where 96 percent reside, Berea District, where 2 percent reside and Maseru District, where 2 percent reside. Apart from Lesotho this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 19 percent reside and South Africa, where 3 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
- 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 Tjala
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