Epene Surname
Approximately 118 people bear this surname
Epene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 69 | 1:2,567,286 | 83,988 |
| Papua New Guinea | 42 | 1:194,136 | 26,902 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Epene (50) may also be a first name.
Epene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Epene Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Epene is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Epene? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,674,734th most frequently used surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 61,758,864 people. The surname Epene is mostly found in Africa, where 64 percent of Epene are found; 58 percent are found in West Africa and 58 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Epene is also the 1,412,538th most widely held first name worldwide, borne by 50 people.
Epene is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 69 people, or 1 in 2,567,286. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Delta, where 77 percent live, Bayelsa, where 10 percent live and Rivers, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 36 percent live and Cameroon, where 3 percent live.
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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 Epene
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