Ipuka Surname

1,017,412th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 249 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Ipuka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ipuka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo2261:326,90129,253
Papua New Guinea141:582,40870,330
Tanzania91:5,882,40160,754

Ipuka (17) may also be a first name.

Ipuka Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ipuka is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ipuka? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,017,412th most widespread surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 29,267,253 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Ipuka live; 91 percent live in Central Africa and 91 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Ipuka is also the 2,694,839th most frequent first name throughout the world, borne by 17 people.

This surname is most common in The DR Congo, where it is held by 226 people, or 1 in 326,901. Excluding The DR Congo it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent reside and Tanzania, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ipauka915/
Ipouka915/
Aipuka913/
Ipukai911/
Ipfuka911/
Ipoucka831/
Ipoka801,540/
Epuka8083/
Upuka8060/
Ipuke8045/
Ipika8012/
Ipuki807/
Ipuko802/
Haipuska771/
Ipukui7337/
Ipauki7319/
Ipukuy7317/
Epouka7310/
Hepuka736/
Ipucas733/
Uppuka732/
Aipoka731/
Yipuko731/
Ipukio731/
Ippika731/
Ipoukou67107/
Aizpuko671/
Aipukoi671/

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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 Ipuka
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