Makhapela Surname

703,644th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 418 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Makhapela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Makhapela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa4151:130,54915,274
Lesotho21:1,016,27921,693
England11:55,718,059489,080

Makhapela Last Name Facts

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

The surname Makhapela is most common in South Africa. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Makhapela? popularity and diffusion

Makhapela is the 703,644th most prevalent last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 17,434,320 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Makhapela are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Makhapela is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is borne by 415 people, or 1 in 130,549. In South Africa Makhapela is most prevalent in: Gauteng, where 42 percent reside, North West, where 23 percent reside and Eastern Cape, where 15 percent reside. Not including South Africa it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 0 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Makhapela Last Name Statistics demography

Makhapela earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 26.75% less than the national average, earning R 174,060 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 Makhapela
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