Pepe Surname
Approximately 53,704 people bear this surname
Pepe Surname User-submission:
Pepe is said to be a Northern Italian variant of Joseph (Guiseppe).
Pepe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 26,053 | 1:2,347 | 165 |
| United States | 7,680 | 1:47,195 | 5,728 |
| Argentina | 2,789 | 1:15,326 | 1,364 |
| Philippines | 2,286 | 1:44,286 | 7,104 |
| Brazil | 2,133 | 1:100,363 | 3,774 |
| Angola | 1,775 | 1:15,205 | 1,826 |
| DR Congo | 1,334 | 1:55,382 | 6,641 |
| France | 975 | 1:68,126 | 9,437 |
| Papua New Guinea | 761 | 1:10,714 | 945 |
| Nigeria | 712 | 1:248,796 | 14,402 |
| Ivory Coast | 596 | 1:38,710 | 2,536 |
| Turkey | 578 | 1:134,639 | 10,945 |
| Portugal | 528 | 1:19,732 | 1,393 |
| Canada | 441 | 1:83,550 | 9,291 |
| Spain | 395 | 1:118,360 | 9,273 |
| Venezuela | 323 | 1:93,511 | 3,525 |
| Haiti | 311 | 1:34,353 | 2,365 |
| Switzerland | 298 | 1:27,560 | 4,226 |
| Uruguay | 268 | 1:12,805 | 1,443 |
| Mexico | 261 | 1:475,579 | 8,748 |
| Australia | 249 | 1:108,416 | 12,099 |
| England | 235 | 1:237,098 | 19,544 |
| Iran | 205 | 1:374,549 | 24,535 |
| Germany | 198 | 1:406,593 | 37,350 |
| South Africa | 185 | 1:292,852 | 28,409 |
| Belgium | 181 | 1:63,517 | 10,203 |
| Cameroon | 162 | 1:128,204 | 14,516 |
| Indonesia | 155 | 1:853,221 | 64,334 |
| Congo | 138 | 1:36,153 | 3,489 |
| Russia | 123 | 1:1,171,732 | 86,402 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Greece | 122 | 1:90,818 | 15,316 |
| Dominican Republic | 116 | 1:89,939 | 4,002 |
| Peru | 114 | 1:278,808 | 10,879 |
| India | 81 | 1:9,469,943 | 186,993 |
| Ecuador | 72 | 1:220,915 | 8,145 |
| Uganda | 69 | 1:565,787 | 30,812 |
| Zimbabwe | 69 | 1:223,743 | 25,019 |
| Vietnam | 62 | 1:1,494,291 | 2,090 |
| Solomon Islands | 56 | 1:10,358 | 1,805 |
| Chile | 52 | 1:338,778 | 9,521 |
| Israel | 34 | 1:251,695 | 22,987 |
| Estonia | 27 | 1:48,956 | 9,235 |
| Benin | 26 | 1:397,523 | 29,143 |
| Netherlands | 24 | 1:703,632 | 56,027 |
| Thailand | 20 | 1:3,531,917 | 315,217 |
| New Zealand | 19 | 1:238,333 | 22,631 |
| Latvia | 17 | 1:120,591 | 17,235 |
| Tanzania | 15 | 1:3,529,441 | 50,903 |
| Ireland | 14 | 1:336,353 | 12,021 |
| Cook Islands | 13 | 1:1,398 | 376 |
| Albania | 11 | 1:264,914 | 15,006 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| Paraguay | 9 | 1:804,083 | 8,568 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| American Samoa | 8 | 1:6,970 | 1,431 |
| Belarus | 8 | 1:1,187,632 | 77,603 |
| Liberia | 8 | 1:551,067 | 25,208 |
| Czechia | 7 | 1:1,519,067 | 97,842 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:764,831 | 25,488 |
| Transnistria | 7 | 1:67,814 | 9,165 |
| Romania | 6 | 1:3,346,312 | 56,696 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Bolivia | 4 | 1:2,654,108 | 7,945 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Lesotho | 4 | 1:508,140 | 18,568 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Suriname | 4 | 1:138,154 | 7,029 |
| Tajikistan | 4 | 1:2,096,673 | 7,416 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 4 | 1:27,594 | 3,273 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 1:1,593,356 | 8,177 |
| Kosovo | 3 | 1:620,623 | 10,771 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 1:1,990,885 | 79,765 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Barbados | 2 | 1:143,724 | 1,981 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Panama | 2 | 1:1,956,129 | 15,285 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 12 | 1:2,031,281 | 60,933 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 61 | 1:823,257 | 50,999 |
The alternate forms: Pepè (26), Pepê (8), Pepé (8), Pépé (15), Pêpe (14), Pépe (8), Pèpe (3) & Pêpê (1) are calculated separately.
Pepe (66,104) may also be a first name.
Pepe Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Pepe is said to be a Northern Italian variant of Joseph (Guiseppe).
- dotti_zPepe Demographics
Pepe Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Pepe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pepe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pepe (Georgian: ფეფე, Hindi: पेपे, Marathi: पेपे, Oriya: େପେପ, Russian: Пепе) occurs more in Italy more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as: Pepè, Pepê, Pepé, Pépé, Pêpe, Pépe, Pèpe or Pêpê. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Pepe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 10,474th most common surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 135,698 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 55 percent of Pepe are found; 50 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 49 percent are found in Italic Europe. Pepe is also the 14,589th most commonly used first name globally. It is borne by 66,104 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Italy, where it is carried by 26,053 people, or 1 in 2,347. In Italy Pepe is mostly found in: Campania, where 40 percent live, Apulia, where 17 percent live and Lazio, where 9 percent live. Excluding Italy it occurs in 124 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 14 percent live and Argentina, where 5 percent live.
Pepe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Pepe has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 12,590 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 1,958 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Pepe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Christian (94%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Pepe surname are 2.26% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 50.97% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Pepe earn in different countries varies markedly. In Italy they earn 5.42% more than the national average, earning €31,658 per year; in Peru they earn 37.32% less than the national average, earning S/. 12,150 per year; in South Africa they earn 39.1% less than the national average, earning R 144,720 per year; in United States they earn 10.59% more than the national average, earning $47,720 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.78% less than the national average, earning $49,294 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pepe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pepe in the Marathi language | ||
| पेपे | pepe | - |
| Pepe in the Oriya language | ||
| େପେପ | epepa | 92.31 |
| େଦେପ | edepa | 7.69 |
| Pepe in the Hindi language | ||
| पेपे | pepe | 90 |
| पेपो | pepo | 10 |
| Pepe in the Georgian language | ||
| ფეფე | pepe | 80 |
| პეპე | pepe | 20 |
| Pepe in the Russian language | ||
| Пепе | pepe | - |
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