Mokapela Surname

767,694th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 371 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Mokapela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mokapela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2301:235,55524,262
Lesotho1381:14,7293,223
England11:55,718,059489,080
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Poland11:38,008,749231,653

Mokapela (13) may also be a first name.

Mokapela Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mokapela is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Mokapela.

How Common Is The Last Name Mokapela? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 767,694th most numerous surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 19,642,981 people. Mokapela is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mokapela are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most commonly held given name globally, borne by 13 people.

The last name is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is carried by 230 people, or 1 in 235,555. In South Africa Mokapela is most numerous in: Gauteng, where 47 percent are found, Free State, where 22 percent are found and Eastern Cape, where 10 percent are found. Excluding South Africa this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Lesotho, where 37 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Mokapela Last Name Statistics demography

Mokapela earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 43.63% less than the national average, earning R 133,968 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 Mokapela
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