Sebele

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Sebele is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Ethiopia than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • BWBotswana≈1 in 6.9K(inferred from the name graph)
  • ETEthiopia≈1 in 23K
  • ZASouth Africa≈1 in 51K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Ethiopia (inferred from the name graph)

≈4,800 people, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
22 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 6.9K (inferred from the name graph)

Botswana, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

SebeleLatin(measured from records)
ሰበለEthiopic(measured from records)

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Sebele counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Sebele is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ET Ethiopia—≈4,800 est.≈1 in 23K—Sebele8
ZA South Africa—≈1,100 est.≈1 in 51K—Sebele16
BW Botswana#861≈340 est.≈1 in 6.9K—Sebele5
DE Germany—≈65 est.≈1 in 1.2M—Sebele22
NG Nigeria—≈47 est.≈1 in 4.5M—Sebele3
CZ Czechia—≈12 est.≈1 in 884K—Sebele1
CH Switzerland—41 in 2.1M4Sebele4
LS Lesotho—≈2 est.≈1 in 1.1M1——

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); Lesotho IEC 2022 National Assembly candidate lists. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Sebele is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, South Africa, United States

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Šebele

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Šebele

  • Czech surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Czechia

    Also written Šebele

  • Croatian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia

    Also written Себеле

26 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 5 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Sebele
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)20244#118,617
LS LesothoLesotho IEC 2022 National Assembly candidate lists20221#13

Reference works 2

  • Kotík, Antonín, Naše příjmení (nové vydání, 1897)
  • Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Sebele have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 4.8 thousand people named Sebele in Ethiopia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled sebele.
How common is the name Sebele?
In Switzerland, the national register counted 4 people named Sebele in 2024, about 1 in 2.1 million residents.
How common is Sebele compared with other names?
In Botswana, Sebele is the 861st most common surname of 987 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Sebele” — the 861st most common surname in Botswana. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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