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

The last name Mpelane occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Mpelane.

How Common Is The Last Name Mpelane? popularity and diffusion

Mpelane is the 526,285th most commonly used surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 11,830,432 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mpelane live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 968,397th most prevalent given name internationally, held by 96 people.

This surname is most widely held 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 reside, Gauteng, where 23 percent reside and North West, where 8 percent reside. Other than South Africa this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Lesotho, where 16 percent reside and Norway, where 0 percent reside.

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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