Kepele Surname
Approximately 107 people bear this surname
Kepele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 82 | 1:900,970 | 60,382 |
| Papua New Guinea | 19 | 1:429,143 | 55,452 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Kepele (28) may also be a first name.
Kepele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kepele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kepele is found most frequently in The DR Congo. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kepele? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,775,494th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 68,107,906 people. The last name Kepele is predominantly found in Africa, where 81 percent of Kepele are found; 77 percent are found in Central Africa and 77 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most frequently used first name internationally, borne by 28 people.
The last name Kepele is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 82 people, or 1 in 900,970. Barring The DR Congo this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 18 percent live and Nigeria, where 3 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 Kepele
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