Tsolele Surname

752,779th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 381 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Tsolele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tsolele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3001:180,59219,818
Lesotho811:25,0935,019

The alternate forms: Tšolele (11) are calculated separately.

Tsolele (24) may also be a first name.

Tsolele Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tsolele occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can be found as: Tšolele. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tsolele? popularity and diffusion

It is the 752,779th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 19,127,417 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tsolele are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Tsolele is also the 2,187,323rd most widely held forename in the world, borne by 24 people.

The last name Tsolele is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 300 people, or 1 in 180,592. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 29 percent reside, Gauteng, where 26 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 21 percent reside. Outside of South Africa this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 21 percent reside.

Tsolele Last Name Statistics demography

Tsolele earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 33.6% less than the national average, earning R 157,788 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tšolele9511/
Ts'olele9396/
Tsholele9376/
T'Solele9319/
'Tsolele931/
Tso'lele931/
Tselele86116/
Tsoleli8696/
Tsolela8646/
Tsulele868/
Tsolile861/
Ts'oleli80111/
Tshelele8040/
Tsholela8016/
Tsholeli8011/
T'Soleli804/
Tsollale801/
Tso'leli801/
Tsolelis801/
Colele7772/
Zolele7753/
Tsoulelis754/
Tseleli71202/
Cholele71131/
Tsulela7119/
Tšoleli714/
Collele714/
Coleley711/
Ts'eleli6753/
Tshalela6721/
T'Seleli6711/
Coleille6710/
Tshololi671/
Tzhalele671/
Tsholila671/
Couleley670/
Colleley670/

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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 Tsolele
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