Tshengele Surname

1,551,568th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 133 people bear this surname

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

Tshengele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tshengele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1321:410,43735,867
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Tshengele Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tshengele is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tshengele? popularity and diffusion

Tshengele is the 1,551,568th most frequent family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 54,793,578 people. The last name Tshengele is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tshengele live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most common in South Africa, where it is carried by 132 people, or 1 in 410,437. In South Africa Tshengele is most prevalent in: Eastern Cape, where 49 percent live, Gauteng, where 27 percent live and Western Cape, where 23 percent live. Other than South Africa this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 1 percent live.

Tshengele Last Name Statistics demography

Tshengele earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 43.46% less than the national average, earning R 134,364 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 Tshengele
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