Pepu Surname

407,382nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 859 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Pepu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pepu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa5581:97,09311,826
DR Congo1301:568,30443,658
Turkey531:1,468,32957,819
Romania411:489,70437,604
Zimbabwe211:735,15452,165
Papua New Guinea181:452,98457,838
Indonesia121:11,020,766390,383
Solomon Islands121:48,3369,616
India111:69,733,217610,955
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
England11:55,718,059489,080

Pepu (1,073) may also be a first name.

Pepu Last Name Facts

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

Pepu (Georgian: პეპუ, Hindi: पेपु, Tibetan: པེ་པུ་) is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pepu? popularity and diffusion

Pepu is the 407,382nd most frequently held surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 8,483,755 people. The last name Pepu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 83 percent of Pepu are found; 67 percent are found in Southern Africa and 67 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 244,072nd most frequently occurring forename on earth It is held by 1,073 people.

This surname is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is borne by 558 people, or 1 in 97,093. In South Africa Pepu is most common in: Eastern Cape, where 75 percent reside, KwaZulu-Natal, where 13 percent reside and Gauteng, where 9 percent reside. Excluding South Africa it is found in 10 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 15 percent reside and Turkey, where 6 percent reside.

Pepu Last Name Statistics demography

Pepu earn notably more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 22.5% more than the national average, earning R 291,108 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pepeu8972/
Pepus8936/
Pepau8926/
Pepou897/
Paepu893/
Peepu893/
Peput891/
Petpu891/
Phepu891/
Pephu891/
Pespu891/
Pedpu891/
Phephu80192/
Peppou8036/
Petput8036/
Peipus8026/
Pepouy808/
Peapus807/
Pephut805/
Peddpu804/
Peppuy804/
Pespau803/
Piepou802/
Peupeu801/
Pedtpu801/
Peepeu801/
Pepput801/
Pepush801/
Peupou801/
Peapou801/
Pepout801/
Petphu801/
Petpuu801/
Pehpui801/
Papu7522,951/
Popu75326/
Pipu75115/
Pepó7593/
Peypoux7376/
Phetphu7315/
Phetput732/
Pheaphu731/
Peatput731/
Phetpou731/
Pechphu731/
Pappu6740,707/
Phapu67793/
Pipou67344/
Pepoo67305/
Papau67183/
Pipus67174/
Popui67124/
Pipuš67103/
Pypus67100/
Paipu6763/
Popeu6746/
Popau6744/
Papuy6739/
Phetphut6736/
Papeu6729/
Popuș6728/
Piput6718/
Poppu6712/
Pipuh6712/
Papui679/
Pipau678/
Pipui676/
Paapu676/
Phopu674/
Pípus674/
Ppapu673/
Pabpu672/
Paypu672/
Poipu672/
Pophu672/
Phipu672/
Pispu671/
Pyopu671/
Pépou671/
Paphu671/
Pahpu671/
Peepouch671/

Pepu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pepu in the Georgian language
პეპუpepu-
Pepu in the Tibetan language
པེ་པུ་pépu-
Pepu in the Hindi language
पेपुpepu52.98
पेपूpepu47.02

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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
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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 Pepu
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