Mahapela Surname
Approximately 294 people bear this surname
Mahapela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 226 | 1:239,724 | 24,596 |
| Lesotho | 68 | 1:29,891 | 5,683 |
Mahapela (207) may also be a first name.
Mahapela Demographics
Average Mahapela Salary in
South Africa
R 91,248
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mahapela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mahapela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mahapela is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahapela? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 906,170th most commonly used family name globally It is held by around 1 in 24,787,571 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mahapela live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 629,010th most numerous given name internationally, borne by 207 people.
The last name is most common in South Africa, where it is held by 226 people, or 1 in 239,724. In South Africa Mahapela is most frequent in: North West, where 48 percent are found, Free State, where 31 percent are found and Gauteng, where 13 percent are found. Other than South Africa this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Lesotho, where 23 percent are found.
Mahapela Last Name Statistics demography
Mahapela earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 61.6% less than the national average, earning R 91,248 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
- 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 Mahapela
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