Kepem Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Kepem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kepem Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Kepem (11) may also be a first name.

Kepem Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kepem Come From? nationality or country of origin

Kepem has its highest incidence in Indonesia. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kepem? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,723,624th most prevalent last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 50 percent of Kepem are found; 50 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 50 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Kepem is also the 3,487,849th most prevalent first name throughout the world It is held by 11 people.

The surname is most frequently used in Indonesia, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 33,062,298. In Indonesia Kepem is most frequent in: Papua, where 100 percent live. Barring Indonesia Kepem is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 38 percent live and Nigeria, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kepiem915/
Kepeame835/
Koeppem831/
Kapem8029/
Kopem8013/
Kipem804/
Cepem801/
Kepim801/
Kopeam7312/
Ketpim735/
Koppem733/
Kipgem733/
Kipeme732/
Kappem732/
Kapiem732/
Kipiem731/
Kapeem731/
Köppem731/
Kapehm731/
Keppim730/
Khapeem671/
Ketphim671/
Khaipem671/

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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 Kepem
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis