Cheptengan Surname

491,125th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 674 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Cheptengan Surname User-submission:

This surname comes from a name given to a child born tiny.

Cheptengan Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda6251:62,4637,168
Kenya491:942,44733,788

Cheptengan (19) may also be a first name.

Cheptengan Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname comes from a name given to a child born tiny.

- knaibei
DNA test information

Cheptengan Last Name Facts

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

Cheptengan is found most in Uganda. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cheptengan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Cheptengan is the 491,125th most widespread last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 10,812,383 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Cheptengan reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Cheptengan is also the 2,523,061st most commonly held first name internationally. It is borne by 19 people.

This last name is most numerous in Uganda, where it is held by 625 people, or 1 in 62,463. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Kween District, where 51 percent live, Bukwo District, where 34 percent live and Kapchorwa District, where 14 percent live. Apart from Uganda this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Kenya, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chepteng'an95101/
Cheptengant952/
Cheptengani952/
Cheeptengan951/
Cheptangan903/
Cheptungan901/
Chewpatanakun616/
Jibtenan561/
Chappidinaganna561/
Chaipattanakan502/

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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
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  • 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 Cheptengan
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