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 is most common in South Africa. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Lepaku? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,276,805th most widely held last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 40,712,547 people. Lepaku is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Lepaku live; 95 percent live in Southern Africa and 95 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Lepaku is also the 3,306,491st most commonly occurring given name throughout the world, borne by 12 people.

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

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