Nkepe Surname
Approximately 154 people bear this surname
Nkepe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Botswana | 138 | 1:15,847 | 3,103 |
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nkepe (148) may also be a first name.
Nkepe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkepe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nkepe occurs more in Botswana more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkepe? popularity and diffusion
Nkepe is the 1,409,418th most commonly used surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 47,321,727 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nkepe are found; 91 percent are found in Southern Africa and 91 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 757,758th most commonly held first name at a global level It is held by 148 people.
The last name is most common in Botswana, where it is held by 138 people, or 1 in 15,847. Apart from Botswana this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 7 percent are found and Lesotho, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nkepie | 91 | 8 | / |
| Nkhepe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nkepfe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ngkepe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nkep | 89 | 7 | / |
| Nkepfeu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nkope | 80 | 308 | / |
| Nkape | 80 | 164 | / |
| Ncepe | 80 | 6 | / |
| Nqepe | 80 | 3 | / |
| Nkepa | 80 | 2 | / |
| Nkepi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nkepp | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nkipe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nkhope | 73 | 247 | / |
| Ngcepe | 73 | 116 | / |
| Nchepe | 73 | 71 | / |
| Nkhape | 73 | 39 | / |
| Nqephe | 73 | 29 | / |
| Ncephe | 73 | 19 | / |
| Ngkope | 73 | 15 | / |
| Ngqepe | 73 | 3 | / |
| Nkopea | 73 | 2 | / |
| Nkeupi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ncoepe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nceipe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkapei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkappe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkapeh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkoppe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nqoepe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngqephe | 67 | 197 | / |
| Nchephe | 67 | 186 | / |
| Ngcephe | 67 | 145 | / |
| Nkhopea | 67 | 113 | / |
| Nqcephe | 67 | 7 | / |
| Nkhopeh | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nkip | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nkev | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkepowa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkuipet | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Nkepe
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