Chepkiyeny Surname
Approximately 98 people bear this surname
Chepkiyeny Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 97 | 1:476,081 | 24,779 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Chepkiyeny Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chepkiyeny Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chepkiyeny is found most in Kenya. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Chepkiyeny click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chepkiyeny? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chepkiyeny is the 1,871,545th most commonly held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 74,362,713 people. The surname Chepkiyeny is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chepkiyeny are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The surname Chepkiyeny is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is carried by 97 people, or 1 in 476,081. In Kenya Chepkiyeny is most common in: Nandi County, where 58 percent live and Uasin Gishu County, where 42 percent live. Aside from Kenya Chepkiyeny exists in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chepkieny | 95 | 8 | / |
| Chepkiyieny | 95 | 1 | / |
| Chepkiyony | 90 | 4 | / |
| Chapkiyeny | 90 | 1 | / |
| Chepkiyengi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Chepkeiny | 84 | 1 | / |
| Kipkiyeny | 74 | 38 | / |
| Chepkouny | 74 | 1 | / |
| Kipkieny | 67 | 4 | / |
| Sepkiene | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kipkyenyi | 63 | 1 | / |
| Tchepkane | 63 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Chepkiyeny
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