Pep Surname

285,461st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,347 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Pep Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pep Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea1,1211:7,274523
Cameroon1701:122,17113,957
Indonesia221:6,011,327267,290
Taiwan81:2,930,59317,989
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Cambodia31:5,162,38210,688
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529

The alternate forms: Pép (1) are calculated separately.

Pep (4,737) may also be a first name.

Pep Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pep (Hindi: पेप, Marathi: पेप, Oriya: େପପ, Russian: Пеп) is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It may also be rendered as: Pép. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pep? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 285,461st most frequently occurring surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 5,410,205 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 84 percent of Pep reside; 84 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 84 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Pep is also the 99,469th most frequently occurring forename globally. It is borne by 4,737 people.

The last name Pep is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 1,121 people, or 1 in 7,274. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: Western Highlands, where 54 percent live, Southern Highlands, where 18 percent live and Enga, where 10 percent live. Outside of Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 16 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 13 percent live and Indonesia, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pép891/
Pepe8653,704/
Peap86436/
Piep86349/
Pepp86307/
Peps86293/
Peep8687/
Peip8650/
Phep867/
Peph863/
Pept863/
Petp861/
Peup861/
Pe80121,917/
Peppe752,129/
Peape75416/
Peipe75223/
Peipp75186/
Peepe7588/
Peeps7579/
Pheap7538/
Pepps7532/
Peips7522/
Piepp7518/
Peype7517/
Pepsh7510/
Pheps757/
Pieph754/
Phiep753/
Pheep751/
Hhpep751/
Peeyp751/
Peipz751/
Petps751/
Pesph751/
Peepz751/
Phetp751/
Phepp750/
Peaps750/
Pei671,063,959/
Peh6723,360/
Pea6722,657/
Pes677,522/
Pee676,667/
Per676,598/
Phe676,204/
Pie675,595/
Pet674,334/
Ppa673,663/
Pey673,542/
Peu673,440/
Ped672,609/
Pez672,411/
Pev671,184/
Ppi671,134/
Pip67918/
Pej67192/
Ppy67191/
Peč6798/
Pje6763/
Pée6742/
Peb6733/
Pfe6725/
Phephe6724/
Peć6718/
Ppe6716/
Pge6711/
Bpe6710/
Ppj6710/
Pepova679/
Pyp678/
Pheips677/
Peř676/
Pjp676/
Phepps673/
Hpe673/
Vpe673/
Phetph673/
Pepová672/
Peá671/
Peijpe671/
Peipeh671/
Peippe671/
Põe671/
Peð671/
Peï671/
Pepsch671/
Peepeh671/
Pehepe671/
Pfieph670/
Pheeps670/

Pep Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pep in the Marathi language
पेपpepa-
Pep in the Hindi language
पेपpepa99.9
Pep in the Oriya language
େପପepapa66.67
େପପ୍epap33.33
Pep in the Russian language
Пепpep-

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Pep
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