Jepkoech Surname
Approximately 23,537 people bear this surname
Jepkoech Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 23,525 | 1:1,963 | 302 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Jepkoech (14,268) may also be a first name.
Jepkoech Demographics
Jepkoech Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Jepkoech Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jepkoech Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jepkoech is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Jepkoech? popularity and diffusion
The surname Jepkoech is the 23,035th most frequently used surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 309,621 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Jepkoech live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 91 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Jepkoech is also the 47,994th most widely held first name world-wide. It is borne by 14,268 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is carried by 23,525 people, or 1 in 1,963. In Kenya Jepkoech is most prevalent in: Nandi County, where 41 percent are found, Uasin Gishu County, where 26 percent are found and Elgeyo Marakwet County, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Kenya this surname occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 0 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent are found.
Jepkoech Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Jepkoech
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