Tseleli Surname

1,177,228th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 202 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Tseleli Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tseleli Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1611:336,50731,327
Lesotho411:49,5757,796

The alternate forms: Tšeleli (9) are calculated separately.

Tseleli Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tseleli has its highest incidence in South Africa. It may also be rendered as a variant: Tšeleli. For other potential spellings of Tseleli click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tseleli? popularity and diffusion

Tseleli is the 1,177,228th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 36,076,960 people. Tseleli is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tseleli are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Tseleli is most widely held in South Africa, where it is borne by 161 people, or 1 in 336,507. In South Africa Tseleli is primarily found in: Free State, where 57 percent live, Gauteng, where 31 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 9 percent live. Beside South Africa this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Lesotho, where 20 percent live.

Tseleli Last Name Statistics demography

Tseleli earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 20.58% less than the national average, earning R 188,736 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
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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 Tseleli
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