Tshabalala Surname

4,807th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 117,553 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Tshabalala Surname Definition:

“Decay” or “Perish” in Xosa.

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Tshabalala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa110,3091:49131
Zimbabwe5,2761:2,926204
Swaziland9851:1,318160
Lesotho4241:4,794967
England2451:227,42118,997
Malawi1311:130,68014,293
Botswana551:39,7627,636
United States301:12,081,964463,456
Wales181:171,91811,581
Iceland151:25,3391,935
Norway71:734,61250,907
Zambia61:2,641,65434,188
Scotland61:892,30328,047
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Namibia31:803,13415,170
Northern Ireland21:922,51818,701
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
France21:33,211,361423,184
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Poland11:38,008,749231,653

Tshabalala (308) may also be a first name.

Tshabalala Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

“Decay” or “Perish” in Xosa.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

User-submitted Reference

The surname means 'to disappear', 'banish', 'decay' and a 'shooting star'. The surname originated in Swaziland, but also has ties to kwaZulu, Mpumalanga, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Malawi and Botswana. The surname is rumoured to stem from the Nkosi tribe, due to internal conflict caused by the refusal of Mshengu's (The last born child of Shaka Zulu's father between, him and the princess of the Nksosi tribe) right to the Nkosi throne. Mshengu was banished, but when he left some of the Nkosi tribe left with him. Mshengu's followers where then called Tshabalala. The Tshabalala tribe later became one of the biggest tribes, that even rivalled the Zulu and Nkosi tribes. The Tshabalala tribe was then nickednamed 'donga lama vuso', loosely translated as 'from the ground a great unshakeable nation rose'.

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Tshabalala Last Name Facts

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

Tshabalala (Russian: Тшабалала) is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tshabalala? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,807th most prevalent surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 61,994 people. Tshabalala is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tshabalala are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 501,377th most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 308 people.

The last name is most common in South Africa, where it is held by 110,309 people, or 1 in 491. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Gauteng, where 43 percent reside, Free State, where 21 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 12 percent reside. Without taking into account South Africa this last name occurs in 38 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 4 percent reside and Swaziland, where 1 percent reside.

Tshabalala Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Tshabalala earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 33.07% less than the national average, earning R 159,048 per year and in United States they earn 12.81% more than the national average, earning $48,675 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Tshabalala Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tshabalala in the Russian language
Тшабалалаtsabalala-

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