Nakapela Surname

723,769th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 402 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Namibia
Highest density in:
Namibia

Nakapela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nakapela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Namibia3971:6,0691,183
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nakapela Last Name Facts

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

Nakapela is held by more people in Namibia than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Nakapela click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nakapela? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 723,769th most frequently used last name internationally, held by around 1 in 18,128,224 people. Nakapela occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nakapela are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Namibia, where it is carried by 397 people, or 1 in 6,069. In Namibia Nakapela is most frequent in: Oshikoto Region, where 68 percent reside, Khomas Region, where 11 percent reside and Oshana Region, where 11 percent reside. Excluding Namibia it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 0 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nakapila88327/
Nakapala88174/
Nakapele881/
Nakaphala8264/
Nakapalau826/
Naekapala823/
Nakepelea823/
Nakapalla822/
Nakgopela821/
Nakaaphala781/
Nakapili75319/
Nakapała7536/
Nakapolo7520/
Nakapalo7512/
Nekapala7510/
Nakapało754/
Nakopalo6317/
Nakopolo6310/
Nacapolo631/

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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 Nakapela
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