Nkepen Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Nkepen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Nkepen (211) may also be a first name.
Nkepen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkepen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nkepen is found most frequently in Kenya. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkepen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,193,072nd most frequently used family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkepen are found; 80 percent are found in East Africa and 80 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Nkepen is also the 622,565th most frequent first name internationally, held by 211 people.
The last name Nkepen is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 11,544,975. In Kenya Nkepen is most numerous in: Kisii County, where 25 percent are found, Migori County, where 25 percent are found and Narok County, where 25 percent are found. Not including Kenya this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 20 percent are found.
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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 Nkepen
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