Cheptei Surname
Approximately 517 people bear this surname
Cheptei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 515 | 1:89,670 | 8,074 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Cheptei (75) may also be a first name.
Cheptei Demographics
Cheptei Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Cheptei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cheptei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cheptei is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cheptei? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 601,015th most widespread last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 14,095,833 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Cheptei live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Cheptei is also the 1,116,575th most frequently occurring first name in the world, held by 75 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is carried by 515 people, or 1 in 89,670. In Kenya Cheptei is most frequent in: Trans Nzoia County, where 70 percent live, Bungoma County, where 27 percent live and Elgeyo Marakwet County, where 2 percent live. Not including Kenya this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
Cheptei Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Cheptei 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 Cheptei
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