Maopelo Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Maopelo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 6 | 1:338,760 | 16,589 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Maopelo (9) may also be a first name.
Maopelo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maopelo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Maopelo is held by more people in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Maopelo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 7,117,718th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname Maopelo is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Maopelo are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Maopelo is also the 3,941,740th most commonly used first name internationally. It is borne by 9 people.
The last name Maopelo is most frequently used in Lesotho, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 338,760. In Lesotho it is primarily concentrated in: Maseru District, where 100 percent live. Not including Lesotho this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 14 percent live.
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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 Maopelo
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