Lepekola Surname

549,140th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 582 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Lepekola Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lepekola Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho5471:3,716684
South Africa301:1,805,92385,708
Botswana41:546,73222,624
England11:55,718,059489,080

Lepekola (968) may also be a first name.

Lepekola Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lepekola is more frequently found in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Lepekola.

How Common Is The Last Name Lepekola? popularity and diffusion

Lepekola is the 549,140th most common last name globally, held by around 1 in 12,521,557 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lepekola reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 259,154th most commonly held first name globally, borne by 968 people.

The last name is most commonly held in Lesotho, where it is held by 547 people, or 1 in 3,716. In Lesotho it is primarily found in: Leribe District, where 29 percent reside, Maseru District, where 18 percent reside and Mohale's Hoek District, where 14 percent reside. Aside from Lesotho it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 5 percent reside and Botswana, where 1 percent reside.

Lepekola Last Name Statistics demography

Lepekola earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 85.45% less than the national average, earning R 34,584 per year.

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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
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  • 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 Lepekola
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