Tswele Surname

942,947th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 278 people bear this surname

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

Tswele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tswele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2271:238,66824,509
Zimbabwe511:302,71130,394

Tswele (50) may also be a first name.

Tswele Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tswele is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tswele? popularity and diffusion

Tswele is the 942,947th most frequent last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 26,214,194 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tswele reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,412,538th most frequently occurring given name globally. It is borne by 50 people.

The last name Tswele is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is held by 227 people, or 1 in 238,668. In South Africa Tswele is primarily found in: Eastern Cape, where 48 percent live, Western Cape, where 20 percent live and Gauteng, where 15 percent live. Beside South Africa it exists in one country. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 18 percent live.

Tswele Last Name Statistics demography

Tswele earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 56.33% less than the national average, earning R 103,788 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tshwele9245/
Thswele921/
Tsuele83971/
Tswale83139/
Tswela839/
Tsweli836/
Tshwale77625/
Tswaile77199/
Tsuelle77136/
Tshwela77120/
Tshuele7755/
Thswale7731/
Tswalle7718/
Tswaeli7712/
Tsouele778/
Tshweli776/
Tshwile771/
Tswehla771/
Cwele733,589/
Zwele7364/
Tsvel731/
Tsvetler717/
Tsouelet711/
Tshwehli711/
Tsuela67241/
Tsueli6719/
Tswali677/
Tsvela677/
Chwele673/
Tswili671/
Tswila671/
Tcwela671/
Tchwle671/

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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 Tswele
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