Tlabe Surname

3,141,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Tlabe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tlabe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho301:67,7529,213
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471

Tlabe (59) may also be a first name.

Tlabe Last Name Facts

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

Tlabe (Marathi: तलबे) occurs more in Lesotho more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tlabe? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tlabe is the 3,141,416th most widespread surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Tlabe are found; 92 percent are found in Southern Africa and 92 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Tlabe is also the 1,282,666th most commonly used given name throughout the world. It is borne by 59 people.

The last name is most commonly held in Lesotho, where it is carried by 30 people, or 1 in 67,752. In Lesotho it is mostly found in: Mohale's Hoek District, where 47 percent live, Quthing District, where 37 percent live and Maseru District, where 17 percent live. Beside Lesotho this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 15 percent live and Algeria, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tlhabe9126/
Thlabe9110/
Tlabei911/
Tlaba80511/
Tlave8027/
Tlawe804/
Tlabi803/
Tlebe801/
Tlhabi73845/
Tlhaba7343/
Tlaiba7316/
Tlampe7314/
Thlabi7310/
Tlabit732/
Tlahue732/
Tlawey731/
Tlebee731/
Tleawe731/
Tlabai731/
Tellabi6712/
Tellawe675/
Tillawe672/
Tlhaubi671/
Tlhaabi671/
Tillabi671/
Tillaba671/
Tellaba671/
Tellave671/
Thlabai671/

Tlabe Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tlabe in the Marathi language
तलबेtalabe-

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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 Tlabe
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