Kept Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Kept Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Kept (21) may also be a first name.
Kept Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kept Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kept (Hindi: केप्ट) occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kept? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kept is the 7,593,402nd most frequently used last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 50 percent of Kept reside; 33 percent reside in North America and 33 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,368,944th most commonly occurring given name internationally It is held by 21 people.
The last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States Kept is most prevalent in: Alabama, where 50 percent are found and New York, where 50 percent are found. Not including The United States this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 17 percent are found and The Philippines, where 17 percent are found.
Kept Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Kept has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kept last name fell 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kept Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kept in the Hindi language | ||
| केप्ट | kepta | - |
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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 Kept
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