Kepa Surname
Approximately 6,025 people bear this surname
Kepa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 2,873 | 1:2,838 | 120 |
| India | 679 | 1:1,129,699 | 46,087 |
| Indonesia | 669 | 1:197,682 | 18,783 |
| Fiji | 220 | 1:4,065 | 748 |
| Lesotho | 197 | 1:10,318 | 2,352 |
| Tanzania | 178 | 1:297,425 | 23,042 |
| United States | 169 | 1:2,144,727 | 135,635 |
| DR Congo | 144 | 1:513,053 | 40,658 |
| Slovenia | 134 | 1:18,565 | 4,248 |
| Poland | 106 | 1:358,573 | 40,095 |
| New Zealand | 103 | 1:43,964 | 7,284 |
| England | 79 | 1:705,292 | 39,851 |
| Australia | 55 | 1:490,831 | 37,357 |
| France | 53 | 1:1,253,259 | 128,888 |
| Russia | 53 | 1:2,719,303 | 152,706 |
| Ukraine | 39 | 1:1,167,249 | 102,683 |
| Canada | 35 | 1:1,052,731 | 78,176 |
| Germany | 30 | 1:2,683,515 | 132,064 |
| Uganda | 25 | 1:1,561,571 | 56,175 |
| Philippines | 24 | 1:4,218,259 | 160,165 |
| Austria | 19 | 1:448,181 | 44,644 |
| Argentina | 16 | 1:2,671,463 | 118,579 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| Thailand | 12 | 1:5,886,529 | 390,733 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| Norway | 9 | 1:571,365 | 44,190 |
| Belarus | 7 | 1:1,357,294 | 83,128 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Albania | 5 | 1:582,811 | 19,572 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Croatia | 4 | 1:1,057,151 | 57,892 |
| Kosovo | 3 | 1:620,623 | 10,771 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Greece | 3 | 1:3,693,263 | 126,191 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1:290,014 | 19,875 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Tuvalu | 1 | 1:11,188 | 103 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Kepa (4,327) may also be a first name.
Kepa Demographics
Average Kepa Salary in
United States
$45,511 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kepa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kepa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kepa (Hindi: केपा, Marathi: केपा, Oriya: େକପା, Russian: Кепа, Tibetan: སྐྱིད་པ།) occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kepa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kepa is the 80,765th most frequent surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 1,209,551 people. The last name Kepa occurs mostly in Oceania, where 55 percent of Kepa are found; 52 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 48 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 105,101st most widespread given name at a global level, borne by 4,327 people.
This surname is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 2,873 people, or 1 in 2,838. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: Enga, where 22 percent are found, Chimbu, where 16 percent are found and Southern Highlands, where 13 percent are found. Barring Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 52 countries. It is also found in India, where 11 percent are found and Indonesia, where 11 percent are found.
Kepa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Kepa surname is primarily Orthodox (50%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Kepa surname are 8.31% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 61.54% being registered with the political party.
The amount Kepa earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 36.03% less than the national average, earning 221,380 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 37.79% less than the national average, earning R 147,828 per year; in United States they earn 5.47% more than the national average, earning $45,511 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.02% more than the national average, earning $59,132 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kepa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kepa in the Oriya language | ||
| େକପା | ekapa | - |
| Kepa in the Marathi language | ||
| केपा | kepa | - |
| Kepa in the Hindi language | ||
| केपा | kepa | 85.71 |
| क़पा | qapa | 14.29 |
| Kepa in the Tibetan language | ||
| སྐྱིད་པ། | kyipa | 60 |
| སྐྱིད་པ་ | kyipa | 40 |
| Kepa in the Russian language | ||
| Кепа | kepa | - |
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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 Kepa
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