Kepale Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Kepale Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
| Latvia | 7 | 1:292,864 | 24,791 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
The alternate forms: Kepalė (1) are calculated separately.
Kepale (13) may also be a first name.
Kepale Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kepale Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kepale (Marathi: केपाळे) occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may be found as: Kepalė. For other potential spellings of Kepale click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kepale? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kepale is the 2,909,720th most commonly held surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. The surname Kepale occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 36 percent of Kepale live; 36 percent live in Oceania Islands and 36 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequent forename at a global level, held by 13 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 509,607. In Papua New Guinea Kepale is primarily found in: Western Highlands, where 88 percent live, Gulf, where 6 percent live and Morobe, where 6 percent live. Besides Papua New Guinea Kepale is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in India, where 31 percent live and Latvia, where 16 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kepale Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kepale in the Marathi language | ||
| केपाळे | kepale | 90.91 |
| केपाले | kepale | 9.09 |
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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
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- 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 Kepale
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