Kopwa Surname
Approximately 122 people bear this surname
Kopwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 87 | 1:238,725 | 23,654 |
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kopwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kopwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kopwa has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kopwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,637,889th most widely held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 59,733,983 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Kopwa are found; 72 percent are found in Central Africa and 72 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 87 people, or 1 in 238,725. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 55 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 41 percent reside and West Region, where 2 percent reside. Beside Cameroon it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 22 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kopwai | 91 | 43 | / |
| Koupwa | 91 | 3 | / |
| Kopwe | 80 | 1,154 | / |
| Kapwa | 80 | 957 | / |
| Kobwa | 80 | 450 | / |
| Kepwa | 80 | 167 | / |
| Kopua | 80 | 130 | / |
| Khopwaja | 77 | 1 | / |
| Koobwa | 73 | 44 | / |
| Kapway | 73 | 27 | / |
| Kepwai | 73 | 18 | / |
| Kopweh | 73 | 13 | / |
| Kapwai | 73 | 8 | / |
| Koppwi | 73 | 2 | / |
| Khepwa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kapwap | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kkobwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Konpua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kovhwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Koppua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kopwot | 73 | 1 | / |
| Khopwet | 67 | 27 | / |
| Kapwach | 67 | 21 | / |
| Kampwai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khapwah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khobwat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kapwaia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaphway | 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 Kopwa
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