Tokelo
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Tokelo is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in South Africa than in any other country. Recorded meaning: right, privilege.
- ZASouth Africa≈1 in 22K(inferred from the name graph)
- LSLesotho≈1 in 381K
- USUnited States≈1 in 182M
carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- South Africa (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 21 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 22K (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,600 people, est.
Highest-authority source
South Africa, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
right, privilege
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Tokelo 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZA South Africa | ≈2,600 est. | ≈1 in 22K | listed | Tokelo | 21 |
| LS Lesotho | ≈5 est. | ≈1 in 381K | 2 | — | 3 |
| US United States | ≈2 est. | ≈1 in 182M | — | Tokelo | 8 |
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: 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).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Tokelo mean, and where does it come from?
- right, privilege Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- Is Tokelo a male or female name?
- Tokelo is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Tokelo have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.6 thousand people named Tokelo in South Africa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled tokelo.
- How common is the name Tokelo?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2,600 people in South Africa have Tokelo as their first given name, about 1 in 22 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/tokeloThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Tokelo”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.