Nkopela Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Nkopela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Botswana | 22 | 1:99,406 | 15,343 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Lesotho | 3 | 1:677,519 | 19,546 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
Nkopela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkopela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nkopela is most common in Botswana. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkopela? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nkopela is the 3,485,539th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkopela live; 88 percent live in Southern Africa and 88 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Nkopela is most widespread in Botswana, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 99,406. Beside Botswana Nkopela occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 13 percent are found and Lesotho, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nkhopela | 93 | 3 | / |
| Nkophela | 93 | 2 | / |
| Nkopola | 86 | 131 | / |
| Nkopele | 86 | 110 | / |
| Nkapela | 86 | 8 | / |
| Nkgapela | 80 | 104 | / |
| Nkhapela | 80 | 12 | / |
| Nkgopele | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nkgaphela | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nqapela | 71 | 47 | / |
| Nkopilo | 71 | 9 | / |
| Nkapele | 71 | 4 | / |
| Nkapelo | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ncopeli | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ncopele | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nkgapele | 67 | 2,304 | / |
| Nkhapele | 67 | 66 | / |
| Nqaphela | 67 | 51 | / |
| Nkgapelo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ngkapele | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ncopheli | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkgaphila | 63 | 4 | / |
| Ngqaphela | 63 | 1 | / |
| Ncopile | 57 | 16 | / |
| Nkapile | 57 | 7 | / |
| Nqopolo | 57 | 1 | / |
| Ncophile | 53 | 15 | / |
| Ngcapala | 53 | 1 | / |
| Ncophilee | 50 | 5 | / |
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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 Nkopela
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