Kikapu Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Kikapu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
The alternate forms: Kikapú (1) are calculated separately.
Kikapu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kikapu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kikapu is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It may be found as: Kikapú. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kikapu.
How Common Is The Last Name Kikapu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,772,636th most numerous family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname Kikapu occurs mostly in Oceania, where 94 percent of Kikapu live; 94 percent live in Oceania Islands and 94 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
This last name is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 509,607. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Western Highlands, where 69 percent are found and Hela, where 31 percent are found. Apart from Papua New Guinea this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 6 percent are found.
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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 Kikapu
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