Kiapo Surname

2,220,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 73 people bear this surname

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

Kiapo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kiapo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea551:148,24920,445
Niger61:3,198,67054,540
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kiapo (48) may also be a first name.

Kiapo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kiapo is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kiapo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,220,661st most frequent last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 99,829,396 people. It is primarily found in Oceania, where 77 percent of Kiapo reside; 77 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 77 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,448,253rd most widely held forename globally, held by 48 people.

The last name is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 55 people, or 1 in 148,249. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Western Highlands, where 45 percent live, East Sepik, where 20 percent live and Enga, where 20 percent live. Not including Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 8 percent live and The DR Congo, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kiapos9139/
Kiatpo911/
Kiapoi911/
Kiapou911/
Kaiyapo8315/
Koiyapo837/
Kiatpho832/
Koijapo831/
Kaijapo831/
Kiapa801,138/
Kyapo80170/
Kiopo8015/
Qiapo803/
Koijapho772/
Quiapo734,078/
Chiapo73223/
Kiappa7321/
Kijapa733/
Khiapa731/
Chiappo67499/
Quiapos67494/
Koijapa6725/
Koiyapa6723/
Chihapo679/
Quiapoz672/
Quijapo672/
Koyjapo671/

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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 Kiapo
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