Kpama Surname

530,215th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 610 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Kpama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kpama Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon3521:59,0037,595
DR Congo821:900,97060,382
Nigeria631:2,811,79089,258
Benin521:198,76218,872
Ivory Coast371:623,54718,271
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
France11:66,422,722504,397
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Togo11:7,247,76812,049

Kpama (60) may also be a first name.

Kpama Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kpama Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Kpama is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Kpama.

How Common Is The Last Name Kpama? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kpama is the 530,215th most widely held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 11,946,797 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Kpama reside; 71 percent reside in Central Africa and 69 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Kpama is also the 1,270,172nd most commonly occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 60 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 352 people, or 1 in 59,003. In Cameroon Kpama is most prevalent in: Centre Region, where 91 percent reside, East Region, where 4 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 4 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 13 percent reside and Nigeria, where 10 percent reside.

Kpama Last Name Statistics demography

Kpama earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 87.76% more than the national average, earning R 446,196 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Kpamgah831/
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Kpamo80369/
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Kpoma80197/
Kpêma801/
Kpamou733,191/
Kpomah7387/
Kpamie7326/
Kpemah7317/
Kpameh7316/
Kpammi736/
Kpeima732/
Kpamgo731/
Kpamey731/
Kpaimo731/
Kpemaa731/
Kpamee731/
Kpamoh731/
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Kpeami731/
Kpahmie679/
Kpamhii676/
Kpamgou671/
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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 Kpama
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