Sepetu Surname
Approximately 779 people bear this surname
Sepetu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 739 | 1:71,640 | 7,492 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Sepetu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sepetu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sepetu (Russian: Сепету) is most common in Tanzania. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Sepetu.
How Common Is The Last Name Sepetu? popularity and diffusion
Sepetu is the 439,664th most frequently used family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,355,001 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Sepetu reside; 95 percent reside in East Africa and 95 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
It is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 739 people, or 1 in 71,640. In Tanzania Sepetu is primarily concentrated in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 43 percent reside, Tabora Region, where 25 percent reside and Rukwa Region, where 17 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania this last name is found in 11 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 2 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sephethu | 86 | 22 | / |
| Sepetauz | 86 | 1 | / |
| Shepetau | 86 | 1 | / |
| Sapetu | 83 | 185 | / |
| Sipetu | 83 | 7 | / |
| Sepatu | 83 | 6 | / |
| Sopetu | 83 | 2 | / |
| Sepitu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Saepitu | 77 | 16 | / |
| Sapettu | 77 | 5 | / |
| Siphetu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Jephetu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sepaitu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Siphethu | 71 | 246 | / |
| Chepetui | 71 | 34 | / |
| Sappetau | 71 | 34 | / |
| Shaepatu | 71 | 26 | / |
| Shephatu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chepethu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sapatu | 67 | 487 | / |
| Sapitu | 67 | 324 | / |
| Sipatu | 67 | 209 | / |
| Chepeitui | 67 | 114 | / |
| Jipetu | 67 | 103 | / |
| Sopotu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gipetu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chepeytui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chepeituy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sipitu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chetpettu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sapotu | 67 | 1 | / |
Sepetu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sepetu in the Russian language | ||
| Сепету | sepetu | - |
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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
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- 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 Sepetu
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