Lepaku Surname

1,276,805th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 179 people bear this surname

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

Lepaku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lepaku Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1701:318,69230,132
India71:109,580,769786,157
England21:27,859,030389,889

Lepaku (12) may also be a first name.

Lepaku Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lepaku occurs most in South Africa. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lepaku? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,276,805th most prevalent surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 40,712,547 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Lepaku are found; 95 percent are found in Southern Africa and 95 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most commonly used first name at a global level, borne by 12 people.

Lepaku is most frequent in South Africa, where it is borne by 170 people, or 1 in 318,692. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Gauteng, where 61 percent live, Mpumalanga, where 17 percent live and Free State, where 8 percent live. Apart from South Africa Lepaku occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 4 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Lepaku Last Name Statistics demography

Lepaku earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 26.11% less than the national average, earning R 175,584 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lepaaku92145/
Lapaku838/
Lipaku835/
Lepoku831/
Lepacu831/
Lipakou771/
Lepakoe771/
Liapakou714/
Lepoukou713/
Lepouckou6797/
Lapoku6741/
Lipeku678/
Lipacu676/
Lipoku671/
Lopoku671/
Llapacu626/
Lopekou621/
Lipokkuh571/

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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 Lepaku
  • 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