Sakepa Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

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

Sakepa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sakepa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea191:429,14355,452
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Sakepa Last Name Facts

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

Sakepa is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sakepa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,798,600th most frequently used last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. This last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 81 percent of Sakepa live; 81 percent live in Oceania Islands and 81 percent live in Papuan Oceania.

This last name is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 429,143. In Papua New Guinea Sakepa is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Highlands, where 84 percent are found and National Capital District, where 16 percent are found. Excluding Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 11 percent are found and Indonesia, where 11 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sakeepat863/
Sakopa83107/
Sakipa8380/
Sokepa8378/
Sakapa8371/
Sekepa8330/
Sakepe831/
Sakeephat802/
Shakopa77212/
Sakappa7725/
Sakapha7715/
Seikepa774/
Shakapa773/
Saecapa771/
Sakapau771/
Sakipah771/
Saikapa771/
Sakapah771/
Sokepat771/
Shakabpa7114/
Zeakepah718/
Sakhephi717/
Shakappa715/
Saakappa711/
Seckepea711/
Shachepa711/
Sekopa67955/
Sakipi67244/
Sacepe67218/
Sekepo6770/
Sokapa6767/
Sacipa6749/
Sekapa6731/
Sakopo6730/
Zakapa6722/
Sokopa6715/
Sacapa6713/
Sakapo6712/
Cakipa6710/
Sakipe678/
Sakipo677/
Jakipa676/
Zacepa675/
Sokepe674/
Secopa673/
Sekipa672/
Sacopa671/
Secapa671/

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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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  • 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 Sakepa
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