Cheptiyos Surname

582,011th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 539 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Cheptiyos Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cheptiyos Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya5241:88,1307,967
Uganda151:2,602,61975,106

Cheptiyos (99) may also be a first name.

Cheptiyos Last Name Facts

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

The last name Cheptiyos occurs more in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Cheptiyos? popularity and diffusion

It is the 582,011th most commonly held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 13,520,493 people. The surname Cheptiyos occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Cheptiyos live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Cheptiyos is also the 951,070th most commonly used first name globally, borne by 99 people.

Cheptiyos is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 524 people, or 1 in 88,130. In Kenya Cheptiyos is mostly found in: West Pokot County, where 100 percent live and Trans Nzoia County, where 0 percent live. Other than Kenya Cheptiyos exists in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 3 percent live.

Cheptiyos Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cheptiyot891/
Cheptoyo82642/
Chepteyo82138/
Cheptous824/
Cheptiya821/
Cheptayo821/
Cheptuyot7879/
Cheptai751,865/
Cheptei75517/
Cheptui75158/
Cheptou7595/
Septiyo7511/
Cheptuy759/
Cheptoi753/
Cheptay753/
Cheptey751/
Chepteya71162/
Chepteye7169/
Chaptois7142/
Septiyas717/
Cheptuit714/
Cheptuya713/
Chepteey711/
Kiptiyos711/
Cheptoye711/
Cheptoya711/
Cheptoic711/
Cheptoey711/
Cheptayi711/
Chheptai711/
Heptai671/
Cheptouch671/
Cheptoich671/

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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
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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 Cheptiyos
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