Kepta Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

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

Kepta Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kepta Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon111:1,888,09798,267
Papua New Guinea61:1,358,953118,663
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Kepta (97) may also be a first name.

Kepta Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kepta (Arabic: كيبتي) occurs in Cameroon 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 Kepta? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kepta is the 4,427,875th most common family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname Kepta is predominantly found in Africa, where 55 percent of Kepta are found; 45 percent are found in West Africa and 40 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 962,660th most commonly held first name worldwide. It is borne by 97 people.

Kepta is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 1,888,097. In Cameroon Kepta is most frequent in: Far North Region, where 73 percent reside, Centre Region, where 9 percent reside and North Region, where 9 percent reside. Not including Cameroon Kepta exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 30 percent reside and Canada, where 5 percent reside.

Kepta Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Kepta has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name fell 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Keptea9165/
Keptah911/
Ketpta911/
Kopta801,533/
Kypta80463/
Kapta80286/
Kipta80214/
Kepti80195/
Kepte8048/
Kepto8016/
Kebta804/
Kepty803/
Cepta802/
Khopta731,218/
Kiptai73916/
Keptiğ73103/
Kaptai7351/
Kaptay7323/
Koptay7320/
Koptai7315/
Khypta7312/
Chepta739/
Khapta734/
Keptot732/
Kappta731/
Kaptha731/
Koptha731/
Keptio731/
Kepthe731/
Keptep731/
Keptis731/
Kepthy731/
Keptie731/
Kephti730/
Cheptai671,865/
Cheptea67808/
Cheptau6751/
Kyptach6730/
Kisptta676/
Kopthai674/
Cheptay673/
Kiptach671/
Keepter671/
Kaipeta671/
Kisppta671/
Keppter670/

Kepta Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kepta in the Arabic language
كيبتيkybty-

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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
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  • 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 Kepta
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