Popele Surname
Approximately 100 people bear this surname
Popele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 62 | 1:32,783 | 6,032 |
| Latvia | 22 | 1:93,184 | 13,456 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
Popele (32) may also be a first name.
Popele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Popele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Popele occurs more in Lesotho more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Popele? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,849,867th most widespread last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 72,875,459 people. The surname Popele occurs mostly in Africa, where 64 percent of Popele live; 63 percent live in Southern Africa and 63 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Popele is also the 1,840,253rd most commonly held forename globally. It is borne by 32 people.
It is most prevalent in Lesotho, where it is carried by 62 people, or 1 in 32,783. In Lesotho it is most common in: Mafeteng District, where 52 percent are found, Mohale's Hoek District, where 23 percent are found and Maseru District, where 16 percent are found. Barring Lesotho this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Latvia, where 22 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent are found.
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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 Popele
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