Sipelo Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Sipelo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Sipelo (186) may also be a first name.
Sipelo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sipelo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sipelo is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Sipelo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sipelo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sipelo is the 7,117,718th most frequently held last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Sipelo reside; 86 percent reside in Southern Africa and 86 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Sipelo is also the 667,122nd most widespread given name worldwide. It is borne by 186 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 9,029,617. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Gauteng, where 83 percent reside and Eastern Cape, where 17 percent reside. Other than South Africa this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 14 percent reside.
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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 Sipelo
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