Sepete Surname
Approximately 185 people bear this surname
Sepete Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 79 | 1:200,632 | 13,107 |
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| Zimbabwe | 18 | 1:857,680 | 57,134 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
The alternate forms: Šepetė (1) are calculated separately.
Sepete (18) may also be a first name.
Sepete Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sepete Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sepete occurs more in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Šepetė. For other potential spellings of Sepete click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sepete? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,248,410th most frequently occurring last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 39,392,140 people. The surname Sepete is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Sepete are found; 55 percent are found in Southern Africa and 55 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most frequently occurring first name globally, held by 18 people.
Sepete is most frequently held in Zambia, where it is borne by 79 people, or 1 in 200,632. In Zambia it is most common in: Lusaka Province, where 49 percent are found, Central Province, where 27 percent are found and Copperbelt Province, where 18 percent are found. Besides Zambia Sepete exists in 9 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 41 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 10 percent are found.
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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 Sepete
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