Atepe Surname

1,658,108th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 120 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Atepe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Atepe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya751:615,73228,396
Nigeria271:6,560,843154,927
Papua New Guinea161:509,60763,542
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Togo11:7,247,76812,049

Atepe (28) may also be a first name.

Atepe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Atepe Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Atepe occurs more in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Atepe.

How Common Is The Last Name Atepe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,658,108th most commonly occurring surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 60,729,549 people. The last name Atepe occurs mostly in Africa, where 87 percent of Atepe live; 63 percent live in East Africa and 45 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Atepe is also the 1,994,417th most prevalent first name worldwide, held by 28 people.

The surname Atepe is most widely held in Kenya, where it is held by 75 people, or 1 in 615,732. In Kenya Atepe is most common in: Vihiga County, where 72 percent reside, Kakamega County, where 12 percent reside and Bungoma County, where 5 percent reside. Aside from Kenya Atepe is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 23 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent reside.

Atepe Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Atepe surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Aytepe91803/
Ağtepe91262/
Attepe91227/
Astepe91159/
Aztepe9130/
Atepei911/
Atepet911/
Atep89653/
Adıtepe83208/
Hastepe836/
Autephe834/
Asteppe831/
Attiepe831/
Attepie830/
Etepe80529/
Ateev80224/
Ateeb80179/
Atipe80114/
Atape8079/
Atepa8077/
Aytep8049/
Otepe8038/
Atope8035/
Atepi8029/
Attep8027/
Hatep8025/
Gatep8025/
Atiep8021/
Ateph806/
Atebp804/
Autep803/
Astep802/
Aitep801/
Ahtep801/
Easteppe7724/
Atheeb7310,263/
Eastep731,588/
Hotepe73425/
Hateeb73394/
Aitape73131/
Ayteev7355/
Atapea7348/
Hatepi7322/
Oztepe7314/
Hatape739/
Aiteev737/
Hateev734/
Atthep734/
Gatipe734/
Aitepa733/
Atteap733/
Attape733/
Athepa732/
Otephe732/
Ataype731/
Athape731/
Otepes731/
Ethepe731/
Ateebh731/
Atteeb731/
Atheev731/
Etephe731/
Ataipe731/
Atip671,637/
Ateb67613/
Atev67138/
Eastepp67116/
Otep6769/
Hatiper6759/
Haitope6744/
Autapea6728/
Goytepe6728/
Aitapea6712/
Attahpe676/
Hattape676/
Attiope673/
Atteppa673/
Easstep672/
Eathape672/
Autuipe671/
Haithep671/
Atipeat671/
Hathape671/
Haystep671/
Aytteev671/
Asdteeb671/
Ahateeb671/
Aitthep671/
Ahateev671/
Ahtheps670/
Haistep670/
Haystepher670/

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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
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  • 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 Atepe
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