Nopakela Surname

993,593rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 258 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Nopakela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nopakela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2581:209,99122,252

Nopakela Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nopakela is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nopakela? popularity and diffusion

Nopakela is the 993,593rd most prevalent family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 28,246,302 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nopakela live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Nopakela is most common in South Africa, where it is held by 258 people, or 1 in 209,991. In South Africa Nopakela is most frequent in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 48 percent are found, Eastern Cape, where 30 percent are found and Western Cape, where 12 percent are found.

Nopakela Last Name Statistics demography

Nopakela earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 63.09% less than the national average, earning R 87,720 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nophakela9483/
Nopekela888/
Nopakelo881/
Nophekela821/
Nopokola752/
Napakala751/
Nepakala751/
Nophokola716/
Ngapokela711/
Nopokolo633/
Napokolo501/

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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 Nopakela
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