Pepele Surname
Approximately 100 people bear this surname
Pepele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 59 | 1:1,319,007 | 54,084 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
The alternate forms: Pépélé (1) are calculated separately.
Pepele (116) may also be a first name.
Pepele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pepele Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pepele (Oriya: େପେପେଲ) occurs in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Pépélé. For other potential spellings of Pepele click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pepele? popularity and diffusion
Pepele is the 1,849,867th most prevalent family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 72,875,459 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 59 percent of Pepele are found; 59 percent are found in West Asia and 59 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 868,627th most frequent forename at a global level It is held by 116 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Turkey, where it is held by 59 people, or 1 in 1,319,007. In Turkey it is most common in: Malatya Province, where 69 percent reside, Gaziantep Province, where 29 percent reside and Ankara Province, where 2 percent reside. Other than Turkey this last name occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 21 percent reside and Benin, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pepele Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pepele in the Oriya language | ||
| େପେପେଲ | epepela | - |
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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 Pepele
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