Tshwale Surname

520,629th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 625 people bear this surname

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

Tshwale Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tshwale Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa6231:86,96310,693
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Tshwale Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tshwale is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tshwale? popularity and diffusion

Tshwale is the 520,629th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 11,660,073 people. Tshwale is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tshwale reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

Tshwale is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is carried by 623 people, or 1 in 86,963. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Limpopo, where 50 percent reside, Gauteng, where 42 percent reside and Mpumalanga, where 4 percent reside. Beside South Africa this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Tshwale Last Name Statistics demography

Tshwale earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 20.9% less than the national average, earning R 187,968 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tswale92139/
Tshwayile881/
Tshwala86383/
Tswaile86199/
Tshwele8645/
Thswale8631/
Tswalle8618/
Tshwile861/
Tshwaila809/
Tswele77278/
Tswala7769/
Chwale7717/
Tswali777/
Tshuele7155/
Tshuala7155/
Chwaile7119/
Tswaeli7112/
Chwalej7110/
Tshweli716/
Tchuale714/
Tsvaule714/
Chwaele711/
Thswele711/
Chwal67283/
Zwale6754/
Tsval6726/
Cwale6715/
Zhwal671/
Tshwehli671/
Chwallea670/

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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
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  • 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 Tshwale
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