Ipapu Surname

1,907,068th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 95 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Ipapu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ipapu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea941:86,74211,495
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Ipapu (78) may also be a first name.

Ipapu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ipapu is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Ipapu.

How Common Is The Last Name Ipapu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,907,068th most prevalent family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 76,711,010 people. The surname Ipapu is primarily found in Oceania, where 99 percent of Ipapu live; 99 percent live in Oceania Islands and 99 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,091,646th most widely held given name worldwide It is held by 78 people.

The surname Ipapu is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 94 people, or 1 in 86,742. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Enga, where 56 percent live and Hela, where 44 percent live. Besides Papua New Guinea this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ipapui9121/
Aipapu919/
Jipapu911/
Ipapus911/
Ipappu911/
Ippadpu839/
Epapu804/
Jpapu803/
Upapu802/
Epeapu737/
Espapu734/
Yipopu734/
Iphephu674/
Epepu602/
Epopu601/
Uphopu5554/
Epoupou5064/

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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 Ipapu
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