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 last name Sopete is most common in South Africa. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Sopete.
How Common Is The Last Name Sopete? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sopete is the 945,594th most commonly used surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 26,308,830 people. The surname Sopete occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sopete are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequent in South Africa, where it is held by 256 people, or 1 in 211,632. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 64 percent reside, Western Cape, where 26 percent reside and Gauteng, where 8 percent reside. Outside of South Africa this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Lesotho, where 6 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.
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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