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
Popele occurs most in Lesotho. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Popele? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,849,867th most widely held family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 72,875,459 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 64 percent of Popele reside; 63 percent reside in Southern Africa and 63 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Popele is also the 1,840,253rd most prevalent first name globally, borne by 32 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Lesotho, where it is carried by 62 people, or 1 in 32,783. In Lesotho Popele is most frequent in: Mafeteng District, where 52 percent reside, Mohale's Hoek District, where 23 percent reside and Maseru District, where 16 percent reside. Barring Lesotho Popele occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Latvia, where 22 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent reside.
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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 Popele
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