Gaafele Surname

2,034,059th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 85 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Gaafele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gaafele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa451:1,203,94968,637
Botswana391:56,07510,323
England11:55,718,059489,080

Gaafele (219) may also be a first name.

Gaafele Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gaafele is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Gaafele.

How Common Is The Last Name Gaafele? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,034,059th most frequent surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 85,735,834 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Gaafele live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 609,814th most numerous forename in the world, held by 219 people.

The surname is most common in South Africa, where it is carried by 45 people, or 1 in 1,203,949. In South Africa Gaafele is most prevalent in: North West, where 80 percent live and Gauteng, where 20 percent live. Without taking into account South Africa this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 46 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Gaafele Last Name Statistics demography

Gaafele earn around the same as the average income. In South Africa they earn 1.18% more than the national average, earning R 240,432 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gafele924/
Aafele921/
Gaefele86172/
Kgafele863/
Gaafeli861/
Ngafele861/
Afele831,259/
Gafle837/
Gaefhele806/
Ghafeleh802/
Hafele77965/
Gafale77263/
Gefele7774/
Affele7731/
Afelea7727/
Gafela7716/
Gafeli7713/
Gaffle776/
Afeele775/
Gafile775/
Afiele774/
Afeles772/
Afeile772/
Gafeil771/
Gafole771/
Afelet771/
Afelie771/
Kgafle771/
Kgafela712,200/
Haffele71129/
Geffele7135/
Gaphale7113/
Ghafeli713/
Affelet713/
Ghafale711/
Gaefole711/
Ghafleh711/
Gavfale711/
Hafeley710/
Hasfele710/
Afeli671,235/
Ofele67125/
Afela6755/
Gaufilet6739/
Afely6737/
Afile6723/
Gaufille674/
Gayfeild674/
Ghafaleh673/
Gayfiled672/
Ghafoleh671/
Gofeeley670/
Hazfeler670/

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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 Gaafele
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis