Chepkorir Surname

8,126th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 70,045 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Chepkorir Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chepkorir Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya69,9751:66099
Uganda571:684,90034,656
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
England11:55,718,059489,080
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Chepkorir (7,038) may also be a first name.

Chepkorir Last Name Facts

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

The last name Chepkorir is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chepkorir? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,126th most frequently used family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 104,041 people. The last name Chepkorir occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chepkorir live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 81 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 77,290th most frequently used first name throughout the world, borne by 7,038 people.

The last name Chepkorir is most frequent in Kenya, where it is borne by 69,975 people, or 1 in 660. In Kenya Chepkorir is mostly found in: Bomet County, where 28 percent are found, Kericho County, where 25 percent are found and Nakuru County, where 13 percent are found. Without taking into account Kenya this surname occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Chepkorir Last Name Statistics demography

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

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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 Chepkorir
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