Sopete Surname
Approximately 277 people bear this surname
Sopete Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 256 | 1:211,632 | 22,369 |
| Lesotho | 17 | 1:119,562 | 11,827 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Sopete Demographics
Average Sopete Salary in
South Africa
R 213,588
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Sopete Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sopete Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sopete is found most frequently in South Africa. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sopete? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 945,594th most frequently used family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 26,308,830 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sopete live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Sopete is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 256 people, or 1 in 211,632. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Eastern Cape, where 64 percent live, Western Cape, where 26 percent live and Gauteng, where 8 percent live. Aside from South Africa it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Lesotho, where 6 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.
Sopete Last Name Statistics demography
Sopete earn somewhat less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 10.12% less than the national average, earning R 213,588 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 Sopete
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