Sepu Surname
Approximately 413 people bear this surname
Sepu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 132 | 1:1,001,888 | 73,451 |
| DR Congo | 130 | 1:568,304 | 43,658 |
| Nigeria | 52 | 1:3,406,592 | 101,701 |
| Papua New Guinea | 42 | 1:194,136 | 26,902 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Solomon Islands | 10 | 1:58,003 | 11,702 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
The alternate forms: Sepú (1) are calculated separately.
Sepu (446) may also be a first name.
Sepu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sepu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sepu (Georgian: სეპუ, Hindi: सेपू, Marathi: सेपु, Oriya: େଶପୁମାଝି) is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant: Sepú. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sepu? popularity and diffusion
Sepu is the 709,895th most widespread surname in the world, held by around 1 in 17,645,390 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 48 percent of Sepu live; 33 percent live in Central Africa and 33 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 405,761st most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 446 people.
This surname is most common in Indonesia, where it is carried by 132 people, or 1 in 1,001,888. In Indonesia Sepu is mostly found in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 74 percent are found, South Sulawesi, where 16 percent are found and Papua, where 6 percent are found. Outside of Indonesia it exists in 18 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 31 percent are found and Nigeria, where 13 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sepu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sepu in the Georgian language | ||
| სეპუ | sepu | - |
| Sepu in the Oriya language | ||
| େଶପୁମାଝି | esapumajhi | - |
| Sepu in the Marathi language | ||
| सेपु | sepu | - |
| Sepu in the Hindi language | ||
| सेपू | sepu | 58.82 |
| सेपु | sepu | 35.29 |
| सैपू | saipu | 5.88 |
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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 Sepu
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