Nqapela Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

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

Nqapela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Nqapela Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa471:1,152,71766,933
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Nqapela Demographics

Average Nqapela Salary in
South Africa

R 24,804

Per year
Rank:
189,322 of 197,403
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
5.93849E-6
Rank: 172,111 of 197,403
Percentage of national average salary:
10.44%
Sample size: 6 (2017)

Average Salary in
South Africa

R 237,638

Per year
Per month:
R 19,803
Per week:
R 4,401
Per day:
R 651

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Nqapela Last Name Facts

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

Nqapela is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nqapela? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,843,861st most frequently occurring family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nqapela live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

It is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is borne by 47 people, or 1 in 1,152,717. In South Africa Nqapela is most prevalent in: Eastern Cape, where 85 percent live and Western Cape, where 15 percent live.

Nqapela Last Name Statistics demography

Nqapela earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 89.56% less than the national average, earning R 24,804 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nqaphela9351/
Ngqaphela881/
Nkapela868/
Nkgapela80104/
Nkhapela8012/
Nkgaphela751/
Nkopela7132/
Nkapelo712/
Nqapolo712/
Nkhopela673/
Nkophela672/
Nkgapelo672/
Ngcapala671/
Nkgaphila634/
Nkopola57131/
Nqopolo571/
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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Nqapela
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