Lepele Surname
Approximately 1,394 people bear this surname
Lepele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 1,219 | 1:44,444 | 5,678 |
| Nigeria | 66 | 1:2,683,981 | 86,518 |
| Lesotho | 49 | 1:41,481 | 6,991 |
| Cameroon | 31 | 1:669,970 | 49,334 |
| Congo | 20 | 1:249,455 | 8,571 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
The alternate forms: Lepelé (1) & Lépélé (1) are calculated separately.
Lepele (21) may also be a first name.
Lepele Demographics
Average Lepele Salary in
South Africa
R 125,652
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Lepele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lepele Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lepele (Russian: Лепеле) occurs most in South Africa. It may be rendered as a variant: Lepelé or Lépélé. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lepele? popularity and diffusion
It is the 277,773rd most commonly held family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,227,795 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lepele are found; 91 percent are found in Southern Africa and 91 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Lepele is also the 2,368,944th most frequent first name worldwide It is held by 21 people.
The surname Lepele is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 1,219 people, or 1 in 44,444. In South Africa Lepele is mostly concentrated in: Free State, where 52 percent are found, Gauteng, where 36 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 3 percent are found. Aside from South Africa it is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 5 percent are found and Lesotho, where 4 percent are found.
Lepele Last Name Statistics demography
Lepele earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 47.12% less than the national average, earning R 125,652 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lepele Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lepele in the Russian language | ||
| Лепеле | lepele | - |
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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 Lepele
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