Kepua Surname
Approximately 31 people bear this surname
Kepua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 28 | 1:291,204 | 39,406 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1:290,014 | 19,875 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Kepua (11) may also be a first name.
Kepua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kepua Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kepua is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Kepua click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kepua? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kepua is the 3,543,123rd most commonly used last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 97 percent of Kepua live; 97 percent live in Oceania Islands and 90 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Kepua is also the 3,487,849th most frequently occurring first name globally. It is borne by 11 people.
The last name Kepua is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 28 people, or 1 in 291,204. In Papua New Guinea Kepua is most common in: National Capital District, where 25 percent are found, Southern Highlands, where 21 percent are found and Morobe, where 18 percent are found. Barring Papua New Guinea it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The Solomon Islands, where 6 percent are found and Cameroon, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kepuae | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kempua | 91 | 1 | / |
| Keempua | 83 | 15 | / |
| Kapua | 80 | 1,662 | / |
| Kepwa | 80 | 167 | / |
| Kopua | 80 | 130 | / |
| Kipua | 80 | 46 | / |
| Kebua | 80 | 43 | / |
| Kaipua | 73 | 63 | / |
| Keabua | 73 | 48 | / |
| Kiebua | 73 | 48 | / |
| Kimpua | 73 | 36 | / |
| Khapua | 73 | 20 | / |
| Kepwai | 73 | 18 | / |
| Kaebua | 73 | 13 | / |
| Kipuae | 73 | 6 | / |
| Ketbua | 73 | 4 | / |
| Cepuha | 73 | 3 | / |
| Kepwou | 73 | 3 | / |
| Khepwa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kebwua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kuipua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kapfua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kahpua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Koppua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kapuayi | 67 | 48 | / |
| Chepuha | 67 | 2 | / |
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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 Kepua
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