Ikapu Surname

963,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 270 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Ikapu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Ikapu 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
Tanzania2591:204,40817,375
Papua New Guinea81:1,019,215101,897
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157

Ikapu Last Name Facts

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

Ikapu occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ikapu? popularity and diffusion

Ikapu is the 963,821st most common family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 26,990,911 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Ikapu live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

It is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is held by 259 people, or 1 in 204,408. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Dodoma Region, where 98 percent live and Mbeya Region, where 2 percent live. Aside from Tanzania Ikapu is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent live and Uganda, where 1 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
Ikaphu911/
Ekapu80170/
Ikopu8017/
Ikepu808/
Icapu805/
Ukapu803/
Ikoput7368/
Hekapu7316/
Izkopu739/
Ekappu737/
Ukapeu731/
Ukaphu731/
Ekapou731/
Jikapoo671/
Ekkadpu671/
Ekopu60130/
Ekepu6059/
Ecapu6021/
Icopu602/
Ekepeu557/
Ekapoo551/
Echeipu5057/
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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 Ikapu
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