Ayepa Surname
Approximately 906 people bear this surname
Ayepa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 713 | 1:54,754 | 6,489 |
| Ivory Coast | 184 | 1:125,387 | 6,136 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
The alternate forms: Ayépa (1) are calculated separately.
Ayepa (178) may also be a first name.
Ayepa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ayepa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ayepa is found in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Ayépa. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ayepa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 390,762nd most common family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 8,043,649 people. The last name Ayepa is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Ayepa are found; 79 percent are found in East Africa and 76 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Ayepa is also the 683,417th most commonly occurring first name in the world, held by 178 people.
The surname is most widespread in Uganda, where it is held by 713 people, or 1 in 54,754. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Abim District, where 57 percent live, Napak District, where 14 percent live and Lira District, where 7 percent live. Barring Uganda it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 20 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 1 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 Ayepa
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