Mpelane Surname

526,285th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 616 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Mpelane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mpelane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa5181:104,59012,646
Lesotho961:21,1724,383
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mpelane (96) may also be a first name.

Mpelane Last Name Facts

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

Mpelane is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mpelane? popularity and diffusion

The last name Mpelane is the 526,285th most frequently held family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 11,830,432 people. The last name Mpelane is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mpelane live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Mpelane is also the 968,397th most commonly used first name at a global level. It is borne by 96 people.

Mpelane is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is borne by 518 people, or 1 in 104,590. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 55 percent live, Gauteng, where 23 percent live and North West, where 8 percent live. Barring South Africa it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Lesotho, where 16 percent live and Norway, where 0 percent live.

Mpelane Last Name Statistics demography

Mpelane earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 38.19% less than the national average, earning R 146,892 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 Mpelane
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