Kepea Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Kepea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 48 | 1:169,869 | 23,574 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Kepea (45) may also be a first name.
Kepea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kepea Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kepea occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kepea? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,746,821st most numerous last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 98 percent of Kepea live; 96 percent live in Oceania Islands and 96 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,504,468th most commonly held given name globally, borne by 45 people.
The last name Kepea is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 48 people, or 1 in 169,869. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: Southern Highlands, where 65 percent are found, Western, where 17 percent are found and Enga, where 15 percent are found. Outside of Papua New Guinea it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 2 percent are found and Cameroon, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Kepea
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