Cheptile Surname

1,252,959th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 184 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Cheptile Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cheptile Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1831:252,34917,139
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Cheptile Last Name Facts

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

The last name Cheptile is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Cheptile.

How Common Is The Last Name Cheptile? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,252,959th most frequent last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 39,606,228 people. The surname Cheptile occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Cheptile are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 97 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

This last name is most common in Kenya, where it is held by 183 people, or 1 in 252,349. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Elgeyo Marakwet County, where 51 percent live, Uasin Gishu County, where 45 percent live and Kakamega County, where 2 percent live. Barring Kenya this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 1 percent live.

Cheptile Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Cheptile surname is principally 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 Cheptile
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