Rapula Surname

433,610th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 793 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Botswana
Highest density in:
Botswana

Rapula Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rapula Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Botswana3811:5,740924
South Africa2491:217,58122,863
Papua New Guinea1281:63,7018,267
India311:24,744,045333,161
England11:55,718,059489,080
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432

Rapula (5,340) may also be a first name.

Rapula Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rapula is found most frequently in Botswana. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Rapula.

How Common Is The Last Name Rapula? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 433,610th most commonly held last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 9,189,844 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of Rapula live; 80 percent live in Southern Africa and 79 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Rapula is also the 92,270th most frequently used first name in the world, held by 5,340 people.

The surname Rapula is most commonly occurring in Botswana, where it is borne by 381 people, or 1 in 5,740. Excluding Botswana it is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 31 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 16 percent reside.

Rapula Last Name Statistics demography

Rapula earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 33.49% less than the national average, earning R 158,064 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rapoula92182/
Rapuela9261/
Rappula9212/
Rajpula926/
Raphula926/
Raputla925/
Rapulai921/
Rapulas921/
Rapulla921/
Rayputla861/
Rapola83511/
Repula83379/
Rapule83310/
Rapila83148/
Rapuli83110/
Ropula835/
Rapuła834/
Rapulo833/
Rachpulla803/
Repuela771,920/
Rapolai771,288/
Rapolla77667/
Raphulo7739/
Repulla7732/
Raphila7720/
Raipola7718/
Repuila7714/
Rapilia7710/
Repuyla778/
Rajpila777/
Rappola775/
Repulia773/
Raphola773/
Repeula772/
Rappila771/
Repulea771/
Raapule771/
Raphule771/
Raputlo771/
Roppula771/
Repoulia714/
Raiphule712/
Raipulis712/
Repeulla711/
Repuelia711/
Raiphila711/
Rapole67252/
Repulo67198/
Repila67187/
Rapilo67137/
Rapolo6760/
Ropila6748/
Repuła676/
Raypoulet673/
Rajpulhit673/
Ropule671/
Ropola671/
Rajputlod671/

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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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  • 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 Rapula
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