Pepela Surname
Approximately 2,321 people bear this surname
Pepela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 2,058 | 1:22,439 | 2,554 |
| Uganda | 135 | 1:289,180 | 20,376 |
| Solomon Islands | 28 | 1:20,715 | 4,044 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Greece | 17 | 1:651,752 | 73,285 |
| Zimbabwe | 15 | 1:1,029,216 | 63,831 |
| Benin | 8 | 1:1,291,950 | 54,095 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
Pepela (566) may also be a first name.
Pepela Demographics
Average Pepela Salary in
South Africa
R 397,452
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Pepela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pepela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pepela (Georgian: პეპელა, Russian: Пепела) is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pepela? popularity and diffusion
The last name Pepela is the 183,004th most frequently occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,139,830 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Pepela reside; 94 percent reside in East Africa and 84 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 352,783rd most commonly occurring first name on earth, borne by 566 people.
The surname Pepela is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 2,058 people, or 1 in 22,439. In Kenya Pepela is most common in: Bungoma County, where 52 percent are found, Kakamega County, where 18 percent are found and Trans Nzoia County, where 18 percent are found. Excluding Kenya Pepela is found in 20 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 6 percent are found and The Solomon Islands, where 1 percent are found.
Pepela Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Christian (98%) in Kenya.
Pepela earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 67.25% more than the national average, earning R 397,452 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pepela Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pepela in the Georgian language | ||
| პეპელა | pepela | 93.59 |
| ფეფელა | pepela | 6.41 |
| Pepela in the Russian language | ||
| Пепела | pepela | - |
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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 Pepela
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