Chepngetich Surname

10,243rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 54,934 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Chepngetich Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chepngetich Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya54,9171:841128
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Uganda51:7,807,856134,263
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Chepngetich (3,275) may also be a first name.

Chepngetich Last Name Facts

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

The last name Chepngetich is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chepngetich? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 10,243rd most common family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 132,660 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chepngetich live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 84 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Chepngetich is also the 125,073rd most widely held given name on earth, held by 3,275 people.

The surname Chepngetich is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is borne by 54,917 people, or 1 in 841. In Kenya Chepngetich is most common in: Bomet County, where 31 percent live, Kericho County, where 28 percent live and Narok County, where 15 percent live. Apart from Kenya this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent live and Uganda, where 0 percent live.

Chepngetich Last Name Statistics demography

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

Chepngetich earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 55.39% less than the national average, earning $19,250 USD per year.

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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 Chepngetich
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