Jekep Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

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

Jekep Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Jekep Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791

Jekep Last Name Facts

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

The surname Jekep (Marathi: जेकॅप) is borne by more people in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Jekep? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,723,624th most frequently used surname globally, held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 75 percent of Jekep live; 50 percent live in Southeast Asia and 50 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

The surname is most commonly held in Malaysia, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 7,373,556. In Malaysia Jekep is most common in: Sarawak, where 75 percent live and Sabah, where 25 percent live. Without taking into account Malaysia it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 25 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 25 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Djekep911/
Ekep89400/
Sekep80134/
Yekep8051/
Zekep808/
Jekeb807/
Jikep802/
Seukep73234/
Djikep7325/
Siekep7316/
Tjikep731/
Ieckep731/
Giekep731/
Jiokep731/
Djekeb731/
Ekip67656/
Ekyp672/
Ekjp671/
Siekeup671/
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Jekep Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Jekep in the Marathi language
जेकॅपjekepa50
जेकेपjekepa50

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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 Jekep
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