Sephakela Surname
Approximately 59 people bear this surname
Sephakela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 54 | 1:37,640 | 6,590 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
Sephakela (11) may also be a first name.
Sephakela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sephakela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sephakela is carried by more people in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sephakela? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sephakela is the 2,506,728th most prevalent surname globally, held by around 1 in 123,517,727 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sephakela reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Sephakela is also the 3,487,849th most commonly occurring forename on earth, held by 11 people.
The last name Sephakela is most frequent in Lesotho, where it is borne by 54 people, or 1 in 37,640. In Lesotho it is primarily found in: Berea District, where 98 percent live and Leribe District, where 2 percent live. Outside of Lesotho it occurs in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sephakhela | 95 | 5 | / |
| Sephakgela | 95 | 3 | / |
| Sepakela | 94 | 19 | / |
| Sepakhela | 89 | 33 | / |
| Sepakgela | 89 | 8 | / |
| Sephakele | 89 | 1 | / |
| Sephakhele | 84 | 4 | / |
| Sipakela | 82 | 10 | / |
| Sepaqela | 82 | 1 | / |
| Sephekola | 78 | 46 | / |
| Sephokyola | 74 | 1 | / |
| Sapakala | 71 | 27 | / |
| Sephekolo | 67 | 244 | / |
| Sapakalai | 67 | 67 | / |
| Sephecolo | 67 | 14 | / |
| Sephokolo | 67 | 12 | / |
| Sapakalah | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sapakalau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sepokolo | 59 | 8 | / |
| Sapakalo | 59 | 2 | / |
| Shipokola | 56 | 23 | / |
| Cephacile | 56 | 17 | / |
| Chipakila | 56 | 5 | / |
| Chipokela | 56 | 5 | / |
| Chepokelo | 56 | 1 | / |
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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 Sephakela
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