Šepek Surname

2,414,640th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 63 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Šepek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Šepek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia521:81,31913,910
Czechia101:1,063,34780,937
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459

The alternate forms: Sepek (398) are calculated separately.

Šepek Last Name Facts

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

The surname Šepek is borne by more people in Croatia than any other country/territory. It may occur as: Sepek. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Šepek? popularity and diffusion

Šepek is the 2,414,640th most frequently occurring last name in the world, held by around 1 in 115,675,332 people. The last name Šepek occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Šepek reside; 84 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 84 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

The last name is most frequent in Croatia, where it is carried by 52 people, or 1 in 81,319. In Croatia Šepek is most numerous in: City of Zagreb, where 73 percent reside, Zagreb County, where 19 percent reside and Sisak-Moslavina County, where 4 percent reside. Other than Croatia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Czechia, where 16 percent reside and Serbia, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sepek93398/
Šipek801,280/
Cepek801,012/
Šípek80940/
Šepec80376/
Šepík8070/
Šapek8055/
Zepek8038/
Šopek8011/
Cejpek73444/
Shepek7390/
Ceipek7359/
Sepeck7352/
Zepeck7328/
Sepeke7325/
Szepek7316/
Cepeck7313/
Ceypek738/
Siepek731/
Saepek731/
Sepeak731/
Cetpek731/
Shepeck6782/
Chepeck6718/
Szeppek6717/
Schepek677/
Cethpek673/
Sheppek673/
Seepeak672/
Ssepeke671/
Siepiek671/
Chespek671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Šepek
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