Chepelion Surname
Approximately 197 people bear this surname
Chepelion Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 196 | 1:235,612 | 16,480 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Chepelion Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chepelion Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chepelion is most common in Kenya. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Chepelion.
How Common Is The Last Name Chepelion? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,198,640th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 36,992,619 people. Chepelion is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chepelion live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The last name Chepelion is most numerous in Kenya, where it is borne by 196 people, or 1 in 235,612. In Kenya Chepelion is most frequent in: West Pokot County, where 99 percent reside, Trans Nzoia County, where 1 percent reside and Uasin Gishu County, where 1 percent reside. Other than Kenya this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chepelin | 94 | 19 | / |
| Chepelina | 89 | 42 | / |
| Cepelin | 88 | 20 | / |
| Chapelon | 82 | 1,215 | / |
| Cepelone | 82 | 1 | / |
| Cepelgon | 82 | 1 | / |
| Chepelan | 82 | 1 | / |
| Hespeling | 78 | 41 | / |
| Chappelon | 78 | 31 | / |
| Chepelyan | 78 | 11 | / |
| Chepelyna | 78 | 5 | / |
| Chapelian | 78 | 3 | / |
| Ciepielin | 78 | 1 | / |
| Choppelon | 78 | 0 | / |
| Zepelin | 75 | 80 | / |
| Cheplen | 75 | 13 | / |
| Sepelon | 75 | 4 | / |
| Heespelink | 74 | 59 | / |
| Zeppelin | 71 | 399 | / |
| Chapelan | 71 | 240 | / |
| Tsepelin | 71 | 25 | / |
| Sepelong | 71 | 24 | / |
| Chapalon | 71 | 11 | / |
| Chapolon | 71 | 10 | / |
| Cepelyan | 71 | 5 | / |
| Chipilin | 71 | 5 | / |
| Chipolon | 71 | 4 | / |
| Kepelian | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chepelem | 71 | 1 | / |
| Cheaplen | 71 | 0 | / |
| Čepelienė | 67 | 153 | / |
| Tsepelina | 67 | 33 | / |
| Tseppelin | 67 | 16 | / |
| Chepilyan | 67 | 7 | / |
| Chepylyna | 67 | 6 | / |
| Chepelyanova | 67 | 6 | / |
| Chipilina | 67 | 6 | / |
| Chappelan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Heplen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hespeland | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Chepelion
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