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 last name Lupele occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lupele? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 500,196th most commonly occurring surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 11,075,298 people. The surname Lupele is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Lupele live; 58 percent live in East Africa and 57 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Lupele is also the 1,246,114th most commonly used first name internationally, borne by 62 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 326 people, or 1 in 162,398. In Tanzania Lupele is most prevalent in: Simiyu Region, where 69 percent live, Mwanza Region, where 28 percent live and Geita Region, where 3 percent live. Other than Tanzania this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 32 percent live and Kenya, where 8 percent live.
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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