Sepeku Surname

1,118,459th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 217 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Sepeku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sepeku Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania2121:249,72520,187
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
France11:66,422,722504,397

Sepeku (11) may also be a first name.

Sepeku Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sepeku has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Sepeku.

How Common Is The Last Name Sepeku? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,118,459th most commonly used last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 33,583,161 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sepeku live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most numerous first name at a global level It is held by 11 people.

The surname is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 212 people, or 1 in 249,725. In Tanzania Sepeku is most common in: Dodoma Region, where 70 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 26 percent are found and Arusha Region, where 0 percent are found. Excluding Tanzania this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 2 percent are found and France, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sepheku9210/
Sipeku83278/
Sopeku834/
Sepaku832/
Sopheku7751/
Saepaku771/
Sephoku771/
Sephaku771/
Sipheku771/
Shipeku771/
Saephaku718/
Sopiku67181/
Sopaku6720/
Sapaku673/
Çepiku673/
Sepidkouh671/
Sophaku62163/
Sapakau6260/
Shapaku6241/
Shipaku624/
Sopokuh623/
Saipaku623/
Sipikou622/
Sipakuy621/
Sopakui621/
Saphiku621/
Sephikoe5727/
Saphikhu571/
Ssepaccu571/
Rzepecui571/
Schipescu531/
Çapoku50138/
Çipiku504/
Sopicu504/
Cipiku501/
Çapiku501/

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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 Sepeku
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis