Kepau Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Kepau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 37 | 1:220,371 | 30,351 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Kepau (18) may also be a first name.
Kepau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kepau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kepau is most common in Papua New Guinea. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kepau? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kepau is the 3,141,416th most frequently held last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 97 percent of Kepau reside; 97 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 95 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,608,198th most commonly used given name throughout the world, held by 18 people.
The surname Kepau is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 37 people, or 1 in 220,371. In Papua New Guinea Kepau is mostly concentrated in: Bougainville, where 59 percent reside, West Sepik, where 16 percent reside and West New Britain, where 11 percent reside. Outside of Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The Solomon Islands, where 3 percent reside and South Africa, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Kepau
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