Epeya Surname
Approximately 159 people bear this surname
Epeya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 107 | 1:1,655,540 | 61,311 |
| Papua New Guinea | 48 | 1:169,869 | 23,574 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
Epeya (56) may also be a first name.
Epeya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Epeya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Epeya is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Epeya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,380,086th most commonly used family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 45,833,622 people. The last name Epeya occurs mostly in Africa, where 70 percent of Epeya reside; 67 percent reside in West Africa and 67 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Epeya is also the 1,321,957th most frequently held first name globally, borne by 56 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 107 people, or 1 in 1,655,540. In Nigeria Epeya is primarily found in: Rivers, where 99 percent live and Bayelsa, where 1 percent live. Beside Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 30 percent live and The DR Congo, 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 Epeya
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