Ratapala Surname

2,106,139th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 80 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Ratapala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ratapala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa791:685,79449,549
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Ratapala Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ratapala is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Ratapala.

How Common Is The Last Name Ratapala? popularity and diffusion

The last name Ratapala is the 2,106,139th most prevalent family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 91,094,324 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ratapala reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Ratapala is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is held by 79 people, or 1 in 685,794. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Limpopo, where 61 percent reside, Gauteng, where 37 percent reside and Eastern Cape, where 1 percent reside. Besides South Africa Ratapala is found in one country. It also occurs in India, where 1 percent reside.

Ratapala Last Name Statistics demography

Ratapala earn a lot more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 48.39% more than the national average, earning R 352,632 per year.

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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 Ratapala
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