Epele Surname
Approximately 1,567 people bear this surname
Epele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 1,019 | 1:72,502 | 8,473 |
| Nigeria | 241 | 1:735,032 | 33,525 |
| Congo | 112 | 1:44,546 | 4,199 |
| Argentina | 67 | 1:637,961 | 44,681 |
| Papua New Guinea | 59 | 1:138,199 | 19,012 |
| Cameroon | 36 | 1:576,919 | 44,454 |
| Uganda | 19 | 1:2,054,699 | 65,771 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 15 | 1:3,347,912 | 150,340 |
Epele (117) may also be a first name.
Epele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Epele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Epele occurs most in The DR Congo. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Epele click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Epele? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 252,519th most frequent surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,650,636 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Epele reside; 74 percent reside in Central Africa and 72 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Epele is also the 864,112th most commonly used first name in the world. It is borne by 117 people.
It is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is held by 1,019 people, or 1 in 72,502. Outside of The DR Congo this last name occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 15 percent reside and The Congo, where 7 percent reside.
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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 Epele
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