Sepetiya Surname
Approximately 198 people bear this surname
Sepetiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 197 | 1:80,456 | 6,837 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Sepetiya (30) may also be a first name.
Sepetiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sepetiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sepetiya occurs in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sepetiya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,194,481st most commonly used last name globally It is held by around 1 in 36,805,787 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sepetiya live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,911,214th most frequently held forename globally. It is borne by 30 people.
The last name Sepetiya is most frequently used in Zambia, where it is held by 197 people, or 1 in 80,456. In Zambia it is mostly concentrated in: Copperbelt Province, where 37 percent reside, Central Province, where 22 percent reside and North-Western Province, where 22 percent reside. Other than Zambia it is found in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sepetaya | 88 | 6 | / |
| Sephatiya | 82 | 1 | / |
| Sepetie | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sepetai | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sepetaio | 75 | 8 | / |
| Sapatiya | 75 | 8 | / |
| Sipetaya | 75 | 3 | / |
| Sepitaya | 75 | 2 | / |
| Sipatiya | 75 | 2 | / |
| Sepetauz | 75 | 1 | / |
| Shepetau | 75 | 1 | / |
| Seppiahya | 71 | 5 | / |
| Shepeteja | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chepeteya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sepioy | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shapatiya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sepitoi | 67 | 97 | / |
| Cepetea | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sipetei | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sepieei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sepiija | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sepieja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sepehai | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Sepetiya
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