Kipeyi Surname
Approximately 135 people bear this surname
Kipeyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 121 | 1:322,639 | 21,815 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
Kipeyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kipeyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kipeyi is most common in Uganda. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of Kipeyi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kipeyi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,537,949th most frequently held surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 53,981,822 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kipeyi are found; 97 percent are found in East Africa and 83 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
This last name is most widespread in Uganda, where it is carried by 121 people, or 1 in 322,639. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Manafwa District, where 92 percent reside, Busia District, where 2 percent reside and Mukono District, where 2 percent reside. Other than Uganda it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 7 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Kipeyi
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