Nkopela Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Botswana
Highest density in:
Botswana

Nkopela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nkopela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Botswana221:99,40615,343
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Lesotho31:677,51919,546
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nkhopela933/
Nkophela932/
Nkopola86131/
Nkopele86110/
Nkapela868/
Nkgapela80104/
Nkhapela8012/
Nkgopele801/
Nkgaphela751/
Nqapela7147/
Nkopilo719/
Nkapele714/
Nkapelo712/
Ncopeli712/
Ncopele711/
Nkgapele672,304/
Nkhapele6766/
Nqaphela6751/
Nkgapelo672/
Ngkapele671/
Ncopheli671/
Nkgaphila634/
Ngqaphela631/
Ncopile5716/
Nkapile577/
Nqopolo571/
Ncophile5315/
Ngcapala531/
Ncophilee505/

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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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