Ntepa Surname

313,815th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,197 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Ntepa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ntepa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi9931:17,2402,710
Tanzania1591:332,96624,953
Zimbabwe271:571,78744,609
India71:109,580,769786,157
Botswana41:546,73222,624
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Ntepa (70) may also be a first name.

Ntepa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ntepa occurs more in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ntepa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 313,815th most frequently used surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 6,088,175 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ntepa are found; 86 percent are found in Southern Africa and 86 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Ntepa is also the 1,162,016th most frequently occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 70 people.

The surname Ntepa is most common in Malawi, where it is carried by 993 people, or 1 in 17,240. Besides Malawi this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 13 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nthepa91210/
Ntepah913/
Nteppa911/
Nteapa911/
Ntephea835/
Nteepai831/
Ntepe80856/
Ntopa80481/
Ntapa8033/
Ntepo8030/
Ntipa8013/
Ntepi802/
Nteppe73455/
Ntephe7338/
Nthepe7317/
Ntepie7311/
Nteupe7311/
Ntapha737/
Nteepe737/
Ntipha734/
Nteupo732/
Ntaipa731/
Ntipaa731/
Nthepo731/
Nthapa731/
Ntepee731/
Nthipa731/
Ntopha731/
N'Tepe731/
Ntipaya672/
Nteupeu671/
N'Thepe671/
Nteupie671/

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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 Ntepa
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