Ketepa Surname

596,518th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 522 people bear this surname

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

Ketepa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ketepa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea5191:15,7101,536
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Ketepa (91) may also be a first name.

Ketepa Last Name Facts

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

Ketepa has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ketepa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 596,518th most commonly occurring family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 13,960,816 people. Ketepa occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 99 percent of Ketepa reside; 99 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 99 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Ketepa is also the 998,282nd most frequently used given name globally, held by 91 people.

This surname is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 519 people, or 1 in 15,710. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: Western Highlands, where 80 percent reside, Jiwaka, where 16 percent reside and Western, where 2 percent reside. Beside Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 0 percent reside and Kenya, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ketaepa921/
Keteppa921/
Khettepa861/
Ketthepa861/
Kettepha861/
Ketteppa861/
Katepa831,798/
Ketapa83275/
Kitepa83167/
Ketipa8377/
Ketopa8312/
Kotepa835/
Ketepo835/
Ketepi833/
Ketepe832/
Khetthepa801/
Ketthepha801/
Kietapa7722/
Kestepe7715/
Kaetapa779/
Kateppa777/
Koteppa777/
Kiteipa775/
Ketappa773/
Kitaepa773/
Kaitepa773/
Katiepa772/
Ketipay771/
Ketepou771/
Katepay771/
Ketepet771/
Khetthepha7519/
Katteppa719/
Kethappa712/
Caetaepa711/
Khateepa711/
Katapa672,127/
Kitipa67597/
Kitapa67322/
Katopa67303/
Katipa67261/
Kitopa6746/
Katepo6733/
Kitepo6731/
Kotopa6714/
Ketipi678/
Cotepa676/
Kotapa675/
Kitepe674/
Ketapo672/
Ketipo672/
Ketypi671/
Kishteppa671/
Chetepeau671/
Kotepo671/
Kitepi671/
Catepa671/
Kytepy671/

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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 Ketepa
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