Sopela Surname
Approximately 166 people bear this surname
Sopela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 115 | 1:471,110 | 39,128 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
Sopela Demographics
Average Sopela Salary in
South Africa
R 420,396
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Sopela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sopela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sopela is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sopela? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sopela is the 1,343,156th most widespread family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 43,900,879 people. The last name Sopela is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Sopela live; 69 percent live in Southern Africa and 69 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is borne by 115 people, or 1 in 471,110. In South Africa Sopela is primarily found in: Eastern Cape, where 70 percent reside, Gauteng, where 16 percent reside and Western Cape, where 12 percent reside. Besides South Africa this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 20 percent reside and Tanzania, where 5 percent reside.
Sopela Last Name Statistics demography
Sopela earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 76.91% more than the national average, earning R 420,396 per year.
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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 Sopela
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