Lupele Surname
Approximately 658 people bear this surname
Lupele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 326 | 1:162,398 | 14,474 |
| Zambia | 213 | 1:74,413 | 6,404 |
| Kenya | 52 | 1:888,075 | 32,885 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Lupele (62) may also be a first name.
Lupele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lupele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lupele is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lupele? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 500,196th most frequent last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 11,075,298 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Lupele live; 58 percent live in East Africa and 57 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,246,114th most frequent first name at a global level, borne by 62 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 326 people, or 1 in 162,398. In Tanzania Lupele is most common in: Simiyu Region, where 69 percent reside, Mwanza Region, where 28 percent reside and Geita Region, where 3 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 32 percent reside and Kenya, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leupele | 92 | 1 | / |
| Loupele | 92 | 1 | / |
| Luepele | 92 | 0 | / |
| Luple | 91 | 1 | / |
| Loupelle | 86 | 49 | / |
| Lupale | 83 | 1,072 | / |
| Lupela | 83 | 463 | / |
| Lupole | 83 | 245 | / |
| Lipele | 83 | 23 | / |
| Lupile | 83 | 4 | / |
| Luphale | 77 | 235 | / |
| Loupeli | 77 | 2 | / |
| Lupelia | 77 | 1 | / |
| Liepele | 77 | 1 | / |
| Loupole | 77 | 1 | / |
| Loupale | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lupahle | 77 | 1 | / |
| Luppole | 77 | 1 | / |
| Luppela | 77 | 1 | / |
| Laupple | 77 | 0 | / |
| Loupelis | 71 | 5 | / |
| Lupisell | 71 | 4 | / |
| Luphahle | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lipale | 67 | 464 | / |
| Lupili | 67 | 433 | / |
| Lupali | 67 | 130 | / |
| Lupila | 67 | 88 | / |
| Lipeli | 67 | 34 | / |
| Lipely | 67 | 31 | / |
| Lipole | 67 | 21 | / |
| Lipile | 67 | 10 | / |
| Loople | 67 | 3 | / |
| Luppailee | 67 | 2 | / |
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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 Lupele
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