Hlephe Surname
Approximately 311 people bear this surname
Hlephe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 309 | 1:6,578 | 1,386 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Hlephe (43) may also be a first name.
Hlephe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hlephe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hlephe is more frequently found in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Hlephe.
How Common Is The Last Name Hlephe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Hlephe is the 870,423rd most commonly held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 23,432,624 people. The surname Hlephe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Hlephe reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Hlephe is also the 1,545,828th most commonly used given name world-wide, borne by 43 people.
It is most widely held in Lesotho, where it is borne by 309 people, or 1 in 6,578. In Lesotho Hlephe is most numerous in: Qacha's Nek District, where 34 percent are found, Maseru District, where 30 percent are found and Quthing District, where 13 percent are found. Aside from Lesotho this surname is found in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Hlephe
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