Jepchumba Surname

27,281st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19,700 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Jepchumba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jepchumba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya19,6941:2,345373
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Jepchumba (11,177) may also be a first name.

Jepchumba Last Name Facts

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

Jepchumba is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Jepchumba.

How Common Is The Last Name Jepchumba? popularity and diffusion

It is the 27,281st most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 369,926 people. Jepchumba occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Jepchumba are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 90 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 56,863rd most frequently occurring first name internationally It is held by 11,177 people.

The surname Jepchumba is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is held by 19,694 people, or 1 in 2,345. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Nandi County, where 42 percent reside, Uasin Gishu County, where 24 percent reside and Elgeyo Marakwet County, where 11 percent reside. Aside from Kenya this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent reside and Cyprus, where 0 percent reside.

Jepchumba Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jebchumba894/
Chepchumba8417,227/
Jepjumba821/
Chepchomba741/
Chebchumba741/
Chepjumba675/

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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 Jepchumba
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