Opelle Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Opelle Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Opelle Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya101:4,617,99042,693
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Opelle Last Name Facts

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

The surname Opelle is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Opelle.

How Common Is The Last Name Opelle? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,649,889th most prevalent surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 72 percent of Opelle live; 61 percent live in East Africa and 56 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Opelle is most numerous in Kenya, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 4,617,990. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Trans Nzoia County, where 90 percent live and Kakamega County, where 10 percent live. Aside from Kenya this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 17 percent live and Nigeria, where 11 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gopelle928/
Opellea921/
Ophelle921/
Opele91768/
Hopfelle860/
Epelle832,673/
Opella83580/
Apelle8344/
Oupele8339/
Ophele8315/
Opeele839/
Opelli836/
Hopele834/
Opelly832/
Ople804,105/
Odpelli77228/
Appelle77117/
Apelles7747/
Gapelle7732/
Gopelli7723/
Eppelle7722/
O'Pella7716/
Oppelli7716/
Opiella7710/
Opellia773/
Apeulle771/
Epeelle771/
Houpele771/
Opellio771/
Epelley771/
Apelleh771/
Apeller770/
Apele731,617/
Gople73176/
Opler73172/
Ophel73125/
Opeil7363/
Opple7347/
Opile7328/
Ouple7326/
Oplet7323/
Hople739/
Eplle739/
Opley737/
Aplle736/
Opeal732/
Osple731/
Opyle731/
Oplea731/
Oplei731/
Oples731/
Opleu731/
Goupille71915/
Heppelle7148/
Appelles7129/
Auphelle7126/
Aspeller7124/
Oddpelli7118/
Oppiller7111/
Happelle711/
Appelleh711/
Appeller711/
Hopley673,798/
Hopple671,118/
Hoople67534/
Hopler67432/
Opilla67206/
Oppler67188/
Apella67131/
Opilli6775/
Apelli6728/
Opecel6716/
Aphele6712/
Appele679/
Oupleu678/
Apeele677/
Ophile676/
Hapele675/
Epille675/
Ophèle674/
Opplet673/
Epelli673/
Gophel673/
Gopley673/
Aspele673/
Opaile672/
Apelly672/
Oopley671/
Oplesh671/
Opless671/
Gopeal671/
Opplee671/
Atpele671/
Opoile671/
Hopleu671/
Heplle671/
Ouplet671/
Apille671/
Opilly671/
Hosple670/
Oppelh670/
Applle670/
Oppeal670/

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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 Opelle
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