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 borne by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Ayépa. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ayepa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ayepa is the 390,762nd most frequently used family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 8,043,649 people. This last name 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 common forename worldwide, held by 178 people.
This surname is most common in Uganda, where it is borne by 713 people, or 1 in 54,754. In Uganda Ayepa is most numerous in: Abim District, where 57 percent are found, Napak District, where 14 percent are found and Lira District, where 7 percent are found. Excluding Uganda it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 20 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent are found.
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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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