Mpele Surname
Approximately 5,597 people bear this surname
Mpele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 1,913 | 1:2,608 | 422 |
| South Africa | 1,866 | 1:29,034 | 3,733 |
| Cameroon | 1,093 | 1:19,002 | 2,599 |
| DR Congo | 636 | 1:116,163 | 12,690 |
| Lesotho | 48 | 1:42,345 | 7,084 |
| Tanzania | 11 | 1:4,812,874 | 55,358 |
| France | 9 | 1:7,380,302 | 306,885 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
The alternate forms: Mpelé (1), Mpélé (2) & Mpèlè (1) are calculated separately.
Mpele (366) may also be a first name.
Mpele Demographics
Average Mpele Salary in
South Africa
R 149,868
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mpele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mpele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mpele occurs more in The Congo more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Mpelé, Mpélé or Mpèlè. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mpele? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mpele is the 86,119th most commonly held family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,302,045 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mpele live; 65 percent live in Central Africa and 62 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 454,857th most widely held first name worldwide, borne by 366 people.
The surname Mpele is most prevalent in The Congo, where it is carried by 1,913 people, or 1 in 2,608. In The Congo Mpele is primarily found in: Bouenza Department, where 60 percent live, Pointe-Noire Department, where 18 percent live and Brazzaville Department, where 13 percent live. Barring The Congo this last name exists in 20 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 33 percent live and Cameroon, where 20 percent live.
Mpele Last Name Statistics demography
Mpele earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 36.93% less than the national average, earning R 149,868 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mpelé | 93 | 1 | / |
| Mpehle | 91 | 721 | / |
| Mphele | 91 | 665 | / |
| Mpiele | 91 | 66 | / |
| Mpetle | 91 | 57 | / |
| Mpelle | 91 | 52 | / |
| M'Pele | 91 | 13 | / |
| Mpaele | 91 | 13 | / |
| Mpelee | 91 | 2 | / |
| Mpoele | 91 | 2 | / |
| Mpelei | 91 | 1 | / |
| Mpeley | 91 | 1 | / |
| Mmpele | 91 | 1 | / |
| Mple | 89 | 2 | / |
| Mpélé | 87 | 2 | / |
| Mpèlè | 87 | 1 | / |
| Mphehle | 83 | 42 | / |
| Mpheele | 83 | 7 | / |
| M'Pelle | 83 | 3 | / |
| Mpeehle | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mphelle | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mmpehle | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mpehele | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mpela | 80 | 5,321 | / |
| Mpeli | 80 | 1,379 | / |
| Mpole | 80 | 1,294 | / |
| Mpale | 80 | 808 | / |
| Mpile | 80 | 574 | / |
| Mpeul | 80 | 5 | / |
| Npele | 80 | 4 | / |
| Mpely | 80 | 1 | / |
| M'Ple | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mphetlhe | 77 | 157 | / |
| Mpheelle | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mphela | 73 | 10,949 | / |
| Mphale | 73 | 1,813 | / |
| Mphole | 73 | 413 | / |
| Mpilei | 73 | 201 | / |
| Mbpile | 73 | 157 | / |
| Mpille | 73 | 32 | / |
| Mpitle | 73 | 24 | / |
| Mpiela | 73 | 21 | / |
| Mphile | 73 | 12 | / |
| Mpohle | 73 | 8 | / |
| Mpiley | 73 | 6 | / |
| Mpalee | 73 | 6 | / |
| Mpalei | 73 | 5 | / |
| Mpelya | 73 | 4 | / |
| 'Mpela | 73 | 4 | / |
| 'Mpeli | 73 | 4 | / |
| Mpolle | 73 | 4 | / |
| Mpoile | 73 | 3 | / |
| M'Pela | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mhpole | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mpalle | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mpahle | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mpeliy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mmpole | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mpehli | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mpheli | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mpyole | 73 | 1 | / |
| Npelle | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mpaleh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mmpeli | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mpaleu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mpesel | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mpuile | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mphaheele | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bele | 67 | 30,818 | / |
| Vele | 67 | 9,062 | / |
| Mpholle | 67 | 431 | / |
| Mphohle | 67 | 268 | / |
| Mphaile | 67 | 139 | / |
| Mbpille | 67 | 123 | / |
| Mphahle | 67 | 53 | / |
| Mpahale | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mphalle | 67 | 3 | / |
| 'Mphale | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mphella | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Mpele
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