Chepkos Surname

1,168,344th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 204 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Chepkos Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chepkos Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya2041:226,37215,911

Chepkos Last Name Facts

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

The surname Chepkos is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Chepkos? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,168,344th most frequent family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 35,723,264 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chepkos are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 96 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

This surname is most common in Kenya, where it is held by 204 people, or 1 in 226,372. In Kenya Chepkos is mostly found in: West Pokot County, where 95 percent are found, Bungoma County, where 4 percent are found and Elgeyo Marakwet County, where 0 percent are found.

Chepkos Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Chepkos surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chepkus86103/
Chepkas869/
Ciepkosz801/
Chepkasova712,354/
Chapkas718/
Chipkus713/
Chepkasowa711/
Czepkas711/
Chepkuch6710/
Chepkassova671/
Cepkasova634/
Cipkas6210/
Jepkas622/
Chebkasova5959/
Chypkasova593/
Tsipkos571/
Chabkash531/
Chabhkhas501/
Cepcasova501/

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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 Chepkos
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