Kepe Surname
Approximately 2,268 people bear this surname
Kepe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 759 | 1:71,380 | 8,895 |
| Papua New Guinea | 598 | 1:13,635 | 1,276 |
| Slovenia | 205 | 1:12,135 | 2,900 |
| Turkey | 178 | 1:437,199 | 25,899 |
| Hungary | 113 | 1:86,870 | 8,621 |
| Lesotho | 94 | 1:21,623 | 4,480 |
| Indonesia | 72 | 1:1,836,794 | 117,778 |
| Brazil | 52 | 1:4,116,814 | 111,429 |
| Latvia | 30 | 1:68,335 | 10,134 |
| Austria | 29 | 1:293,636 | 33,260 |
| United States | 19 | 1:19,076,786 | 604,894 |
| Cameroon | 19 | 1:1,093,109 | 67,608 |
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| Poland | 15 | 1:2,533,917 | 108,409 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Croatia | 9 | 1:469,845 | 36,710 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Ivory Coast | 7 | 1:3,295,890 | 46,139 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
The alternate forms: Képe (95) & Képé (1) are calculated separately.
Kepe (653) may also be a first name.
Kepe Demographics
Average Kepe Salary in
United States
$50,531 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kepe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kepe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kepe (Marathi: केपे, Oriya: େକେପ, Russian: Кепе) is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant: Képe or Képé. For other possible spellings of Kepe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kepe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 186,661st most frequent surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 3,213,204 people. Kepe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 40 percent of Kepe live; 38 percent live in Southern Africa and 38 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 324,981st most commonly used given name throughout the world. It is borne by 653 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 759 people, or 1 in 71,380. In South Africa Kepe is mostly found in: Eastern Cape, where 78 percent reside, Western Cape, where 11 percent reside and Gauteng, where 6 percent reside. Outside of South Africa this last name is found in 36 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 26 percent reside and Slovenia, where 9 percent reside.
Kepe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Kepe has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kepe surname increased 633 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kepe Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Kepe earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 37.54% less than the national average, earning R 148,440 per year and in United States they earn 17.11% more than the national average, earning $50,531 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kepe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kepe in the Oriya language | ||
| େକେପ | ekepa | - |
| Kepe in the Marathi language | ||
| केपे | kepe | 80 |
| कॅपे | kepe | 20 |
| Kepe in the Russian language | ||
| Кепе | kepe | - |
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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 Kepe
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