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

Tshekela is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Tshekela click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tshekela? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 434,076th most prevalent last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 9,201,447 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tshekela reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Tshekela is also the 3,487,849th most numerous first name throughout the world It is held by 11 people.

The last name is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is held by 789 people, or 1 in 68,666. In South Africa Tshekela is most prevalent in: Eastern Cape, where 56 percent are found, KwaZulu-Natal, where 32 percent are found and Gauteng, where 6 percent are found. Without taking into account South Africa this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

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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