Chepkemei Surname
Approximately 5,351 people bear this surname
Chepkemei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 5,308 | 1:8,700 | 1,133 |
| Uganda | 42 | 1:929,507 | 41,540 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chepkemei (1,314) may also be a first name.
Chepkemei Demographics
Chepkemei Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Chepkemei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chepkemei Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chepkemei has its highest incidence in Kenya. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Chepkemei click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chepkemei? popularity and diffusion
It is the 89,653rd most frequently held last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 1,361,904 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chepkemei are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 75 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Chepkemei is also the 216,880th most frequently held given name world-wide It is held by 1,314 people.
The surname Chepkemei is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is borne by 5,308 people, or 1 in 8,700. In Kenya it is mostly found in: West Pokot County, where 36 percent are found, Nandi County, where 20 percent are found and Uasin Gishu County, where 15 percent are found. Other than Kenya Chepkemei occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Chepkemei Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chepkemoi | 89 | 105,527 | / |
| Chepkamei | 89 | 2 | / |
| Cheppkemoi | 84 | 1 | / |
| Chepkemoii | 84 | 1 | / |
| Chepkiemoi | 84 | 1 | / |
| Hepkemoi | 82 | 9 | / |
| Chebkemi | 82 | 1 | / |
| Chepkema | 82 | 1 | / |
| Chepkomoi | 78 | 30 | / |
| Chepkamoi | 78 | 9 | / |
| Chepkimoi | 78 | 2 | / |
| Chepkemoy | 78 | 1 | / |
| Hepkema | 75 | 179 | / |
| Jepkema | 63 | 88 | / |
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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 Chepkemei
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