Chepchumba Surname

31,000th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17,227 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Chepchumba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chepchumba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya17,1501:2,693425
Uganda741:527,55829,544
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Chepchumba (3,357) may also be a first name.

Chepchumba Last Name Facts

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

Chepchumba is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chepchumba? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 31,000th most frequently used family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 423,030 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chepchumba reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 75 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Chepchumba is also the 123,126th most common given name throughout the world, borne by 3,357 people.

The last name is most numerous in Kenya, where it is borne by 17,150 people, or 1 in 2,693. In Kenya Chepchumba is most common in: Nandi County, where 25 percent are found, West Pokot County, where 21 percent are found and Uasin Gishu County, where 15 percent are found. Aside from Kenya it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 0 percent are found and Italy, where 0 percent are found.

Chepchumba Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chepchumbe902/
Chepchomba901/
Chebchumba901/
Jepchumba8419,700/
Chepjumba845/
Kipchumba7447,327/
Jebchumba744/
Kipchumbah703/
Kipcheumba701/
Kip'chumba701/
Kippchumba701/
Jepjumba671/
Kipjumba563/

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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 Chepchumba
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