Iripu Surname

1,871,545th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 98 people bear this surname

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

Iripu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Iripu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea951:85,82911,359
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157

Iripu (91) may also be a first name.

Iripu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Iripu is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Iripu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,871,545th most commonly used surname globally, held by around 1 in 74,362,713 people. The last name is primarily found in Oceania, where 97 percent of Iripu are found; 97 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 97 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Iripu is also the 998,282nd most frequently occurring first name on earth, held by 91 people.

The surname Iripu is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 95 people, or 1 in 85,829. In Papua New Guinea Iripu is most common in: Hela, where 67 percent are found, Bougainville, where 22 percent are found and National Capital District, where 7 percent are found. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hiripu916/
Giripu914/
Airipu913/
Isripu911/
Iriphus831/
Irepu80307/
Eripu80184/
Irupu8015/
Yiripaut771/
Airupu733/
Ireput732/
Eriopu731/
Isrepu731/
Yripaut671/
Ioreapuu624/
Erupu60386/
Urupu60218/
Erepu60215/
Urephu55229/
Gerepu5521/
Hurupu5519/
Eruphu5513/
Eräpuu558/
Erepuu558/
Errepu557/
Eerupu554/
Herepu551/
Herepou501/
Urhephu501/

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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 Iripu
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