Shopholo Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Shopholo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 29 | 1:70,088 | 9,364 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Shopholo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shopholo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shopholo is carried by more people in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shopholo? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,602,217th most prevalent surname in the world, held by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Shopholo live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly used in Lesotho, where it is held by 29 people, or 1 in 70,088. In Lesotho Shopholo is primarily found in: Berea District, where 90 percent live and Maseru District, where 10 percent live. Apart from Lesotho Shopholo exists in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sopholo | 93 | 7 | / |
| Chopholo | 88 | 15 | / |
| Sopolo | 86 | 43 | / |
| Sophola | 80 | 251 | / |
| Shopola | 80 | 30 | / |
| Sapholo | 80 | 4 | / |
| Shopelo | 80 | 3 | / |
| Shapolo | 80 | 2 | / |
| Sepholo | 80 | 2 | / |
| Shepolo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chopolo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Shofolo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sopolou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Suopolo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Shohfola | 75 | 20 | / |
| Siahpolo | 75 | 11 | / |
| Shoufolo | 75 | 7 | / |
| Schofolo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sopalo | 71 | 893 | / |
| Sepolo | 71 | 375 | / |
| Sofolo | 71 | 95 | / |
| Sapolo | 71 | 91 | / |
| Sopola | 71 | 39 | / |
| Sopelo | 71 | 27 | / |
| Siopoulos | 71 | 7 | / |
| Siopoulou | 71 | 4 | / |
| Xopolo | 71 | 2 | / |
| Shofola | 67 | 334 | / |
| Shapola | 67 | 310 | / |
| Chopola | 67 | 213 | / |
| Zoppolo | 67 | 98 | / |
| Sepolio | 67 | 65 | / |
| Sephola | 67 | 57 | / |
| Sepoloh | 67 | 37 | / |
| Shepalo | 67 | 23 | / |
| Sapolyo | 67 | 15 | / |
| Chapolo | 67 | 11 | / |
| Sapolio | 67 | 10 | / |
| Sephelo | 67 | 8 | / |
| Saphola | 67 | 5 | / |
| Shapulo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Saapolo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Shopala | 67 | 5 | / |
| Sapolos | 67 | 5 | / |
| Suopalo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Sappolo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Shepelo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Sophula | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sophala | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sophela | 67 | 3 | / |
| Shapalo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Shepola | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sepollo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chopalo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shaphoolah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shapelo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Siofolo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sephalo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sopoola | 67 | 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
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- 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 Shopholo
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