Pepem Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

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

Pepem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pepem Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Pepem (83) may also be a first name.

Pepem Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pepem (Tibetan: དཔེ་པདྨོ།) is found most frequently in Brazil. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pepem? popularity and diffusion

Pepem is the 5,812,366th most widespread family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 36 percent of Pepem are found; 36 percent are found in South America and 36 percent are found in Luso-South America. Pepem is also the 1,052,971st most frequent forename on earth. It is borne by 83 people.

Pepem is most frequently occurring in Brazil, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 53,518,583. In Brazil Pepem is most numerous in: Pernambuco, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Brazil this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 36 percent reside and Benin, where 9 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pepeme9110/
Phephem831/
Pepen801,162/
Pepim804/
Papem802/
Pipem801/
Pepne801/
Pepeng7335/
Peppen7322/
Pepien7318/
Peepim736/
Pespen734/
Pippem732/
Pepime732/
Pophem731/
Petpim731/
Peypen731/
Piepen731/
Poppem731/
Phepeng67212/
Petpeng6727/
Hpepeng679/
Pechpen672/
Peepeng671/
Pespeng671/
Peipeng671/
Peppien671/
Piepień671/

Pepem Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pepem in the Tibetan language
དཔེ་པདྨོ།pépemo-

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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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  • 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 Pepem
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