Šepelj Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Šepelj Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Šepelj Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia291:145,81420,021
Serbia171:420,29118,230
Montenegro41:159,8915,521

The alternate forms: Sepelj (4) are calculated separately.

Šepelj Last Name Facts

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

The surname Šepelj is found most frequently in Croatia. It can be found as: Sepelj. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Šepelj? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,746,821st most frequently used last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Šepelj are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.

The surname Šepelj is most frequently used in Croatia, where it is borne by 29 people, or 1 in 145,814. In Croatia Šepelj is most prevalent in: Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, where 38 percent live, Osijek-Baranja County, where 21 percent live and City of Zagreb, where 17 percent live. Not including Croatia it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Serbia, where 34 percent live and Montenegro, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sepelj944/
Šipelj8324/
Šepela834/
Šepelis771/
Šepelytė711/
Çepele672,131/
Sepela67373/
Cepele67327/
Sepele67186/
Cepela67142/
Çepeli67123/
Sepely6732/
Sepeli6728/
Cepeli6721/
Zepele673/
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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 Šepelj
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