Chepkwesi Surname
Approximately 145 people bear this surname
Chepkwesi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 144 | 1:320,694 | 19,794 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chepkwesi Demographics
Chepkwesi Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Chepkwesi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chepkwesi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chepkwesi occurs most in Kenya. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Chepkwesi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chepkwesi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,465,390th most frequently occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 50,258,937 people. The last name Chepkwesi is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chepkwesi live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is borne by 144 people, or 1 in 320,694. In Kenya it is most common in: Trans Nzoia County, where 51 percent are found, Bungoma County, where 44 percent are found and Kakamega County, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Kenya it is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Chepkwesi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chepkwes | 94 | 2 | / |
| Chepkwessis | 90 | 2 | / |
| Chepkesio | 89 | 6 | / |
| Chepkwusi | 89 | 1 | / |
| Chepkweis | 89 | 1 | / |
| Chepkes | 88 | 28 | / |
| Chepkessio | 84 | 1 | / |
| Chepkwisit | 84 | 1 | / |
| Chepkwesey | 84 | 1 | / |
| Chepkasi | 82 | 460 | / |
| Chepkwis | 82 | 5 | / |
| Chepkosi | 82 | 3 | / |
| Chepkisi | 82 | 1 | / |
| Chepkwechei | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chepkosia | 78 | 1 | / |
| Chepkwasa | 78 | 1 | / |
| Chepkiosi | 78 | 1 | / |
| Chepkesey | 78 | 1 | / |
| Chepkaasi | 78 | 1 | / |
| Chepkasai | 78 | 1 | / |
| Chepkos | 75 | 204 | / |
| Chepkus | 75 | 103 | / |
| Chepkas | 75 | 9 | / |
| Chebkes | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chepkwayis | 74 | 2 | / |
| Chepkasu | 71 | 97 | / |
| Chepkisa | 71 | 35 | / |
| Chepokas | 71 | 21 | / |
| Schepoks | 71 | 18 | / |
| Chepkasa | 71 | 9 | / |
| Chepukas | 71 | 6 | / |
| Chepakas | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chebekes | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chepakis | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chebkusi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chepokasiwa | 70 | 1 | / |
| Chebukosi | 67 | 52 | / |
| Schoepges | 67 | 8 | / |
| Chipakasi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chepkiyos | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chipkosia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cheppakis | 67 | 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
- 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 Chepkwesi
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