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
The surname Sepete is borne by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as: Šepetė. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sepete? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sepete is the 1,248,410th most frequently held surname globally It is held by around 1 in 39,392,140 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Sepete reside; 55 percent reside in Southern Africa and 55 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most frequently occurring first name globally. It is borne by 18 people.
The last name is most numerous in Zambia, where it is carried by 79 people, or 1 in 200,632. In Zambia Sepete is primarily concentrated in: Lusaka Province, where 49 percent reside, Central Province, where 27 percent reside and Copperbelt Province, where 18 percent reside. Aside from Zambia it exists in 9 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 41 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 10 percent reside.
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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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