Kipkemei Surname

45,795th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,323 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Kipkemei Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kipkemei Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya11,3081:4,084592
Uganda51:7,807,856134,263
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Kipkemei (2,899) may also be a first name.

Kipkemei Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kipkemei is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kipkemei? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 45,795th most frequently held last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 643,606 people. The surname Kipkemei occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kipkemei reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 82 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Kipkemei is also the 134,928th most frequently used first name in the world, borne by 2,899 people.

The last name Kipkemei is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 11,308 people, or 1 in 4,084. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Nandi County, where 35 percent reside, Uasin Gishu County, where 25 percent reside and Baringo County, where 16 percent reside. Apart from Kenya this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 0 percent reside and Sudan, where 0 percent reside.

Kipkemei Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Kipkemei last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kipkeme931/
Kipkemoi8835,378/
Kepkemei882/
Kipkimei881/
Kipkemio881/
Kipkemer881/
Kipkkemoi821/
Kipkema801/
Kepkemoi752/
Ckepkemoi711/
Kipkaimoi711/
Kipkama671/
Kepkome671/
Kipkoimat591/
Chepkemoii561/
Cheppkemoi561/
Chebkemi501/
Chepkema501/

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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 Kipkemei
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