Lepaleni Surname

2,909,720th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 45 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Namibia
Highest density in:
Namibia

Lepaleni Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Lepaleni Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Namibia441:54,7596,488
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Lepaleni Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lepaleni is borne by more people in Namibia than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Lepaleni click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lepaleni? popularity and diffusion

Lepaleni is the 2,909,720th most prevalent family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. The last name Lepaleni is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Lepaleni live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most widespread in Namibia, where it is borne by 44 people, or 1 in 54,759. In Namibia Lepaleni is primarily found in: Ohangwena Region, where 89 percent are found, Oshana Region, where 9 percent are found and Hardap Region, where 2 percent are found. Without taking into account Namibia Lepaleni exists in one country. It is also common in Germany, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lipalani751/
Lapalini750/
Lephahlane674/
Lopalane634/
Lepolane633/
Lipalane632/
Lapalone631/
Lapaline630/
Liphalane59108/
Lappalaine561/

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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 Lepaleni
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