Kpala Surname
Approximately 453 people bear this surname
Kpala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 263 | 1:39,299 | 5,050 |
| Liberia | 61 | 1:72,271 | 6,117 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Nigeria | 50 | 1:3,542,855 | 104,248 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Ivory Coast | 8 | 1:2,883,904 | 43,419 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Kpala (721) may also be a first name.
Kpala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kpala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kpala occurs most in Benin. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Kpala click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kpala? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 662,685th most numerous family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 16,087,298 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kpala reside; 85 percent reside in West Africa and 72 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kpala is also the 307,326th most common first name world-wide, borne by 721 people.
Kpala is most prevalent in Benin, where it is carried by 263 people, or 1 in 39,299. In Benin it is primarily found in: Donga Department, where 86 percent are found, Borgou Department, where 6 percent are found and Atakora Department, where 5 percent are found. Beside Benin this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 13 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 12 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 Kpala
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