Sepenya Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Sepenya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sepenya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho321:63,5178,935
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168

Sepenya (25) may also be a first name.

Sepenya Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sepenya is found most frequently in Lesotho. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sepenya? popularity and diffusion

Sepenya is the 2,843,861st most prevalent family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. The surname Sepenya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sepenya live; 96 percent live in Southern Africa and 96 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Sepenya is also the 2,136,160th most frequent forename on earth, held by 25 people.

It is most commonly used in Lesotho, where it is held by 32 people, or 1 in 63,517. In Lesotho Sepenya is most prevalent in: Berea District, where 81 percent reside, Quthing District, where 13 percent reside and Maseru District, where 3 percent reside. Besides Lesotho this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 28 percent reside and Kenya, where 4 percent reside.

Sepenya Last Name Statistics demography

Sepenya earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 44.14% less than the national average, earning R 132,756 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sepenia866/
Sepinya862/
Sipenya862/
Sephenia805/
Sepeinnia7534/
Sipinya7113/
Sepenio711/
Zephenia6736/
Sepeño622/
Cepinha5747/
Sipinyo5716/
Sepinho579/
Zipenia571/
Sepinio571/
Siphinyo53449/
Zephinia530/
Chipfinya5010/
Seepimjai507/
Sitphinyo504/
Chaipinya501/

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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 Sepenya
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