Kpalem Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Kpalem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
Kpalem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kpalem Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kpalem is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kpalem? popularity and diffusion
Kpalem is the 7,593,402nd most commonly used surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name Kpalem occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kpalem are found; 83 percent are found in West Africa and 83 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Kpalem is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 80 percent reside and Taraba, where 20 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in The Congo, where 17 percent reside.
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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 Kpalem
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