Tshangela Surname

149,952nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,944 people bear this surname

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

Tshangela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tshangela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2,9281:18,5032,336
Swaziland91:144,244719
England41:13,929,515290,718
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Tshangela Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tshangela is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tshangela? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 149,952nd most common family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 2,475,389 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tshangela live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

It is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is carried by 2,928 people, or 1 in 18,503. In South Africa Tshangela is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 51 percent live, Gauteng, where 20 percent live and Western Cape, where 11 percent live. Excluding South Africa it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Swaziland, where 0 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Tshangela Last Name Statistics demography

Tshangela earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 30.07% less than the national average, earning R 166,176 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
  • 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 Tshangela
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