Chepkoskei Surname

369,492nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 973 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Chepkoskei Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chepkoskei Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya9711:47,5594,880
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114

Chepkoskei (23) may also be a first name.

Chepkoskei Last Name Facts

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

The surname Chepkoskei is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chepkoskei? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 369,492nd most prevalent family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 7,489,770 people. Chepkoskei occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chepkoskei are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 63 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Chepkoskei is also the 2,239,265th most widely held first name globally. It is borne by 23 people.

It is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is held by 971 people, or 1 in 47,559. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Nakuru County, where 24 percent reside, Kericho County, where 17 percent reside and Uasin Gishu County, where 13 percent reside. Not including Kenya it exists in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 0 percent reside.

Chepkoskei Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname 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 Chepkoskei
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