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) is held by more people in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Tlabe.

How Common Is The Last Name Tlabe? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,141,416th most frequently used family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Tlabe live; 92 percent live in Southern Africa and 92 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Tlabe is also the 1,282,666th most commonly held first name at a global level, borne by 59 people.

It is most prevalent in Lesotho, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 67,752. In Lesotho Tlabe is primarily found in: Mohale's Hoek District, where 47 percent reside, Quthing District, where 37 percent reside and Maseru District, where 17 percent reside. Beside Lesotho this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 15 percent reside and Algeria, where 3 percent reside.

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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