Nkhapele Surname

2,352,516th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 66 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Nkhapele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nkhapele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa631:859,96456,669
Lesotho31:677,51919,546

Nkhapele Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nkhapele is most common in South Africa. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkhapele? popularity and diffusion

Nkhapele is the 2,352,516th most commonly used family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 110,417,362 people. The surname Nkhapele occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkhapele are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Nkhapele is most widely held in South Africa, where it is held by 63 people, or 1 in 859,964. In South Africa Nkhapele is primarily concentrated in: Limpopo, where 54 percent live, Gauteng, where 43 percent live and Eastern Cape, where 2 percent live. Not including South Africa it is found in one country. It is also found in Lesotho, where 5 percent live.

Nkhapele Last Name Statistics demography

Nkhapele earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 88.81% less than the national average, earning R 26,580 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nkapele934/
Nkgapele882,304/
Nkhapela8812/
Ngkapele881/
Nkopele80110/
Nkapela808/
Nkapile807/
Nkapole801/
Nkepele801/
Nkhopela753/
Nkgopele751/
Nkopela6732/
Nkepile672/
Ncopele671/
Nkopale671/
Nqaphela6351/
Nkophela632/
Nkapalli631/
Ngqaphela591/
Ncopile5316/
Ncopeli532/
Nkopoli531/
Nqopole531/
Ncophile5015/
Nqophole503/
Ncopheli501/

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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 Nkhapele
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