Tshekela Surname

434,076th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 792 people bear this surname

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

Tshekela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tshekela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa7891:68,6668,582
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Tshekela (11) may also be a first name.

Tshekela Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tshekela is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tshekela? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tshekela is the 434,076th most commonly used family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 9,201,447 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tshekela live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Tshekela is also the 3,487,849th most frequently occurring first name on earth, held by 11 people.

It is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 789 people, or 1 in 68,666. In South Africa Tshekela is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 56 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 32 percent live and Gauteng, where 6 percent live. Apart from South Africa this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Tshekela Last Name Statistics demography

Tshekela earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 32.28% less than the national average, earning R 160,932 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 Tshekela
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