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 most common in South Africa. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sipelo? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 7,117,718th most prevalent last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname Sipelo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Sipelo live; 86 percent live in Southern Africa and 86 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 667,122nd most commonly occurring first name world-wide, held by 186 people.
Sipelo is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 9,029,617. In South Africa Sipelo is most numerous in: Gauteng, where 83 percent live and Eastern Cape, where 17 percent live. Beside South Africa Sipelo occurs in one country. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 14 percent live.
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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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