Tepela Surname
Approximately 89 people bear this surname
Tepela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 67 | 1:121,697 | 16,585 |
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Tepela (191) may also be a first name.
Tepela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tepela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tepela (Oriya: େତେପଲା) is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Tepela.
How Common Is The Last Name Tepela? popularity and diffusion
Tepela is the 1,980,395th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 81,882,538 people. It occurs mostly in Oceania, where 75 percent of Tepela reside; 75 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 75 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Tepela is also the 657,437th most frequently occurring first name in the world, borne by 191 people.
It is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 67 people, or 1 in 121,697. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: Hela, where 55 percent live, Enga, where 27 percent live and National Capital District, where 16 percent live. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 12 percent live and Kenya, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tepela Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tepela in the Oriya language | ||
| େତେପଲା | etepala | 75 |
| େତପଲା | etapala | 12.5 |
| େତପାଲା | etapala | 12.5 |
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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 Tepela
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