Kopawe Surname
Approximately 54 people bear this surname
Kopawe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 53 | 1:153,844 | 21,244 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Kopawe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kopawe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kopawe occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kopawe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,635,433rd most frequently occurring surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 134,954,554 people. The last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 98 percent of Kopawe live; 98 percent live in Oceania Islands and 98 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
The last name Kopawe is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 53 people, or 1 in 153,844. In Papua New Guinea Kopawe is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Highlands, where 72 percent are found, Chimbu, where 26 percent are found and Western, where 2 percent are found. Beside Papua New Guinea Kopawe occurs in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 2 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
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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 Kopawe
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