Tepete Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Tepete Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tepete Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho251:81,30210,029
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Tepete (11) may also be a first name.

Tepete Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Tepete Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Tepete is found most in Lesotho. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tepete? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,665,662nd most commonly occurring last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Tepete live; 90 percent live in Southern Africa and 90 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequently held first name globally It is held by 11 people.

Tepete is most commonly occurring in Lesotho, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 81,302. In Lesotho it is primarily found in: Mafeteng District, where 84 percent live, Maseru District, where 12 percent live and Quthing District, where 4 percent live. Not including Lesotho this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent live and The DR Congo, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tepetes9222/
Tepeyte924/
Tepetey921/
Tepeite921/
Tepet91416/
Tepethea864/
Topete8313,002/
Tepate83126/
Tepest8385/
Teppet8344/
Tapete8325/
Tepeth839/
Tepeta833/
Tepite833/
Tepeti832/
Tepote831/
Tipete831/
Tepejt831/
Tepets831/
Tedpet831/
Teepet831/
Teipet830/
Tepett830/
Teppett7727/
Tapette7714/
Topette778/
Tappete771/
Tepieti771/
Thypete771/
Taipete771/
Tepatei771/
Tophete771/
Thebpet771/
Tepphet771/
Tepuite771/
Teabpet771/
Teaphet771/
Thopete771/
Teppeti771/
Teppets770/
Tippete770/
Tipet7312/
Tepit735/
Teped734/
Typet731/
Tippette71129/
Tepetova717/
Thappete715/
Teapetch711/
Teppatee711/
Theephet711/
Thapethe711/
Tappetei711/
Teepetta711/
Teepetch711/
Teppetts710/
Tepait671,370/
Tippet67729/
Tipeti6772/
Typets6740/
Tipets6720/
Tipeta6711/
Tepyot6710/
Tipett6710/
Tespit675/
Tappeetee673/
Taipet672/
Taypet672/
Tepita672/
Tiphet671/
Tippettes671/
Teppit671/
Topety671/
Tepgit671/
Tepitt670/

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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 Tepete
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