Chepowon Surname

1,244,200th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 186 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Chepowon Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chepowon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1741:265,40217,619
Uganda121:3,253,27385,117

Chepowon Last Name Facts

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

The last name Chepowon is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chepowon? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,244,200th most commonly used family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 39,180,354 people. The last name Chepowon is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chepowon reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

The surname Chepowon is most common in Kenya, where it is carried by 174 people, or 1 in 265,402. In Kenya it is most numerous in: West Pokot County, where 100 percent reside. Other than Kenya this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 6 percent reside.

Chepowon Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is predominantly 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
  • 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 Chepowon
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