Shepe Surname
Approximately 412 people bear this surname
Shepe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 198 | 1:80,050 | 6,810 |
| DR Congo | 178 | 1:415,054 | 34,837 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Shepe (140) may also be a first name.
Shepe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shepe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shepe (Russian: Шепе) is found most frequently in Zambia. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shepe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Shepe is the 711,133rd most commonly used surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 17,688,218 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Shepe reside; 49 percent reside in Southern Africa and 49 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 781,395th most frequently held given name globally It is held by 140 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is held by 198 people, or 1 in 80,050. In Zambia Shepe is most common in: Luapula Province, where 34 percent reside, Central Province, where 31 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 17 percent reside. Without taking into account Zambia this surname exists in 11 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 43 percent reside and Kenya, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shepe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shepe in the Russian language | ||
| Шепе | sepe | - |
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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 Shepe
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