Epape Surname

1,374,607th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 160 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Epape Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Epape Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon691:301,00128,076
Papua New Guinea661:123,54116,840
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
France11:66,422,722504,397

Epape (44) may also be a first name.

Epape Last Name Facts

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

The last name Epape is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Epape? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,374,607th most common surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 45,547,162 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 56 percent of Epape live; 56 percent live in Central Africa and 56 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,525,482nd most widely held given name in the world, borne by 44 people.

The last name is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 69 people, or 1 in 301,001. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Littoral Region, where 74 percent live, Southwest Region, where 20 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 1 percent live. Besides Cameroon this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 41 percent live and The DR Congo, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Epaepe911/
Epap8916/
Epapa801,025/
Epapi80893/
Ipape80346/
Epepe80190/
Apape80188/
Opape8030/
Epope8012/
Gepap801/
Ephap801/
Epapy801/
Epoupe7334/
Yepapa7333/
Epappa7312/
Hepope739/
Epapaa734/
Epappi733/
Ipaper731/
Hepapa731/
Eepapi731/
Epopeh731/
Epapit731/
Jipape731/
Ipaipe731/
Espope731/
Epapai731/
Hipape730/
Ipap6721/
Epop6711/
Epab675/
Ipiyape674/
Epapaya674/
Epapaja673/
Jpap671/
Hiepapa671/
Ophaupe671/
Epappis671/
Ephapha671/
Epa'api671/

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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 Epape
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