Kepai Surname
Approximately 116 people bear this surname
Kepai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 113 | 1:72,157 | 9,422 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Kepai (586) may also be a first name.
Kepai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kepai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kepai is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kepai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,691,963rd most widespread family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 62,823,672 people. This surname is predominantly found in Oceania, where 97 percent of Kepai live; 97 percent live in Oceania Islands and 97 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Kepai is also the 345,673rd most widespread first name world-wide, held by 586 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 113 people, or 1 in 72,157. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Enga, where 46 percent live, Chimbu, where 24 percent live and Hela, where 13 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea Kepai is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 2 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 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 Kepai
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