Pelepete Surname
Approximately 67 people bear this surname
Pelepete Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 65 | 1:243,845 | 14,860 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Pelepete Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pelepete Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pelepete is most common in Zambia. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pelepete? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,333,370th most widely held family name globally It is held by around 1 in 108,769,342 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Pelepete live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Pelepete is most frequently held in Zambia, where it is carried by 65 people, or 1 in 243,845. In Zambia Pelepete is primarily concentrated in: Copperbelt Province, where 58 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 42 percent reside. Aside from Zambia this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 1 percent reside and Tanzania, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pelepet | 93 | 7 | / |
| Pelepets | 88 | 420 | / |
| Pelepeti | 88 | 73 | / |
| Pelepetz | 88 | 11 | / |
| Pelepeta | 88 | 1 | / |
| Pelepeţ | 80 | 1 | / |
| Phielepeit | 78 | 1 | / |
| Pelipets | 75 | 515 | / |
| Pelypets | 75 | 253 | / |
| Pylepets | 75 | 3 | / |
| Pilepets | 75 | 2 | / |
| Phelipeti | 71 | 2 | / |
| Phelippett | 67 | 4 | / |
| Pilipet | 67 | 2 | / |
| Phelippeti | 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 Pelepete
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