Kiapas Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

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

Kiapas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kiapas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea181:452,98457,838
Greece51:2,215,95891,893
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768

Kiapas Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kiapas has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kiapas? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,034,050th most common surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. Kiapas is mostly found in Oceania, where 75 percent of Kiapas reside; 75 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 75 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.

The last name Kiapas is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 452,984. In Papua New Guinea Kiapas is most common in: Morobe, where 67 percent are found, East Sepik, where 28 percent are found and Gulf, where 6 percent are found. Not including Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Greece, where 21 percent are found and Nicaragua, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kiapgas9233/
Kaiyapas869/
Kiapos8339/
Chiapas77315/
Kjapase771/
Kieopas771/
Keopas673/
Cjapas671/
Quiapos62494/
Chiapaz62310/
Quiopas622/
Kiopacz621/

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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 Kiapas
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