Kpanai Surname
Approximately 156 people bear this surname
Kpanai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 123 | 1:35,842 | 3,316 |
| Nigeria | 33 | 1:5,367,962 | 136,856 |
Kpanai (19) may also be a first name.
Kpanai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kpanai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kpanai occurs most in Liberia. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kpanai? popularity and diffusion
Kpanai is the 1,398,030th most frequently held family name globally, borne by around 1 in 46,715,038 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kpanai are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 79 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most prevalent given name on earth. It is borne by 19 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Liberia, where it is borne by 123 people, or 1 in 35,842. In Liberia it is most frequent in: Lofa County, where 72 percent reside, Bong County, where 17 percent reside and Montserrado County, where 8 percent reside. Outside of Liberia this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 21 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 Kpanai
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