Kopiwa Surname
Approximately 33 people bear this surname
Kopiwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 31 | 1:263,023 | 35,917 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Kopiwa (30) may also be a first name.
Kopiwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kopiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kopiwa occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Kopiwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Kopiwa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,432,070th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 94 percent of Kopiwa reside; 94 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 94 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Kopiwa is also the 1,911,214th most frequent first name at a global level. It is borne by 30 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 31 people, or 1 in 263,023. In Papua New Guinea Kopiwa is mostly found in: Western Highlands, where 97 percent reside and Southern Highlands, where 3 percent reside. Outside of Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 3 percent reside and South Africa, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kapiwa | 83 | 16 | / |
| Kepiwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kopieva | 77 | 47 | / |
| Kaphiwa | 77 | 15 | / |
| Kapiewa | 77 | 10 | / |
| Khapiwa | 77 | 8 | / |
| Kapiwas | 77 | 1 | / |
| Keupiwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Koupiwo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kapisway | 71 | 16 | / |
| Khaphiwa | 71 | 16 | / |
| Kapaiwai | 71 | 9 | / |
| Koppiova | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kgaphiwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kopeva | 67 | 754 | / |
| Kapuwa | 67 | 406 | / |
| Kapewa | 67 | 343 | / |
| Kapiva | 67 | 10 | / |
| Kapiwe | 67 | 6 | / |
| Copiva | 67 | 2 | / |
| Copewa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kopewe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kapiwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kopyva | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Kopiwa
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