Keps Surname

1,338,236th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 167 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Keps Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Keps Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea751:108,71614,715
South Africa431:1,259,94770,377
United States191:19,076,786604,894
Brazil131:16,467,256295,032
Estonia121:110,15019,471
Latvia21:1,025,02341,546
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States171:2,954,040135,915

Keps (95) may also be a first name.

Keps Last Name Facts

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

Keps (Russian: Кепс) occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Keps? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,338,236th most frequently occurring last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 43,637,999 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 45 percent of Keps are found; 45 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 45 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Keps is also the 974,243rd most widespread first name internationally. It is borne by 95 people.

The last name is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 75 people, or 1 in 108,716. In Papua New Guinea Keps is most common in: Enga, where 37 percent are found, Morobe, where 16 percent are found and National Capital District, where 13 percent are found. Excluding Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 26 percent are found and The United States, where 11 percent are found.

Keps Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Keps has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Keps surname expanded 112 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Keps Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Keps earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 68.27% less than the national average, earning R 75,396 per year and in United States they earn 10.77% less than the national average, earning $38,500 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Keeps8980/
Kepps8932/
Kepse8922/
Kieps8910/
Keups897/
Kepss892/
Koeps892/
Kepsh891/
Keaps890/
Keips890/
Keepes80203/
Keipes8047/
Kepsch8034/
Koepfs801/
Keypse801/
Keppss801/
Kepsse801/
Keipps800/
Kaepps800/
Kaps754,950/
Kops753,236/
Kips75761/
Köps7540/
Käps7518/
Kõps7515/
Kebs7511/
Ceps754/
Kepz754/
Kyps751/
Kepx751/
Kiepsch7384/
Koepsch732/
Keiphes730/
Kapps671,068/
Kipps67948/
Kepçe67569/
Kopps67330/
Kapsh6791/
Köpps6753/
Kuyps6752/
Kophs6726/
Keebs6723/
Kiops6722/
Cheps6721/
Kiebs6718/
Ceips6718/
Kebsz6718/
Kaebs6715/
Keibs6714/
Kiepś6713/
Keivs6710/
Kopås678/
Kopsz676/
Queps675/
Kipse675/
Kap's674/
Keevs673/
Kebss673/
Kaaps672/
Kip's672/
Kopsh672/
Kapsz672/
Kipsø671/
Kevås671/
Kipss671/
Kaphs671/
Kaips671/
Kopfs671/
Köpfs671/
Kapss671/
Kuips671/
Cephs671/
Khebs671/
Kepce671/
Khops671/
Coeps670/
Koebs670/
Caeps670/
Cepps670/
Keavs670/
Kepch670/

Keps Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Keps in the Russian language
Кепсkeps-

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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
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  • 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 Keps
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