Ntopela Surname

1,736,881st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 111 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Ntopela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Ntopela Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi1051:163,03916,499
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736

Ntopela Last Name Facts

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

Ntopela is borne by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Ntopela.

How Common Is The Last Name Ntopela? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,736,881st most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 65,653,567 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ntopela live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

It is most widespread in Malawi, where it is carried by 105 people, or 1 in 163,039. Outside of Malawi Ntopela occurs in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 5 percent live.

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
Ntepela86403/
Ntopola86131/
Ntopele861/
Nthopola8012/
Nthapela801/
Ntapala7113/
Ntapila714/
Ntapelo711/
Nthapelo6728/
Ntapolia671/
Nthapalla6322/
Ntapile574/
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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 Ntopela
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