Cheptai Surname
Approximately 1,865 people bear this surname
Cheptai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 1,429 | 1:27,319 | 3,796 |
| Kenya | 436 | 1:105,917 | 9,139 |
Cheptai (138) may also be a first name.
Cheptai Demographics
Cheptai Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Cheptai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cheptai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Cheptai is more frequently found in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Cheptai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 219,336th most numerous last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 3,907,531 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Cheptai reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 71 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 787,636th most numerous first name globally. It is borne by 138 people.
The last name Cheptai is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is held by 1,429 people, or 1 in 27,319. In Uganda it is primarily found in: Kapchorwa District, where 49 percent live, Kween District, where 20 percent live and Amudat District, where 15 percent live. Excluding Uganda it is found in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 23 percent live.
Cheptai 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 Cheptai
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