Sewpal Surname

484,676th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 686 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Suriname

Sewpal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sewpal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3421:158,41417,833
Mauritius1371:9,4412,007
Suriname1151:4,8051,070
Netherlands821:205,94128,291
England51:11,143,612252,590
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Sewpal (18) may also be a first name.

Sewpal Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sewpal occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sewpal? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 484,676th most frequent surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 10,623,245 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 70 percent of Sewpal live; 70 percent live in Southern Africa and 50 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most commonly held first name at a global level It is held by 18 people.

The surname Sewpal is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is held by 342 people, or 1 in 158,414. In South Africa Sewpal is most prevalent in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 90 percent reside, Gauteng, where 9 percent reside and Western Cape, where 1 percent reside. Excluding South Africa this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Mauritius, where 20 percent reside and Suriname, where 17 percent reside.

Sewpal Last Name Statistics demography

Sewpal earn around the same as the average income. In South Africa they earn 4.76% more than the national average, earning R 248,940 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sewpaul92553/
Sewpall9218/
Shewpal927/
Sewppal921/
Shewpaul861/
Sowpal8322/
Shewpahal801/
Shiwpal7773/
Shiwpaul719/
Shaiwpal711/
Scheffpaul631/
Shivpal6240/
Shivpaul5719/
Shivpatil532/
Shivpahal531/

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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 Sewpal
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