Pepesela Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Pepesela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 13 | 1:156,351 | 13,063 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Pepesela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pepesela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pepesela has its highest incidence in Lesotho. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pepesela? popularity and diffusion
The surname Pepesela is the 4,532,898th most numerous surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Pepesela live; 79 percent live in Southern Africa and 79 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Lesotho, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 156,351. In Lesotho Pepesela is primarily concentrated in: Leribe District, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Lesotho this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 21 percent reside and South Africa, where 11 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pepezela | 88 | 1 | / |
| Phephezela | 78 | 2 | / |
| Pepesoyler | 67 | 14 | / |
| Papazela | 63 | 103 | / |
| Piposola | 63 | 34 | / |
| Papasila | 63 | 31 | / |
| Poposola | 63 | 1 | / |
| Pippasala | 59 | 3 | / |
| Peppicele | 59 | 1 | / |
| Phaphazela | 56 | 27 | / |
| Popašila | 50 | 20 | / |
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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 Pepesela
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