Kpia Surname

2,580,327th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 56 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Kpia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kpia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia261:169,55911,793
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Benin61:1,722,60061,769
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Kpia Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kpia is more commonly found in Liberia than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kpia? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kpia is the 2,580,327th most widespread surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 130,134,748 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Kpia live; 61 percent live in West Africa and 46 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.

This surname is most frequent in Liberia, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 169,559. In Liberia Kpia is most numerous in: Nimba County, where 46 percent reside, Grand Gedeh County, where 38 percent reside and Bomi County, where 4 percent reside. Beside Liberia it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 38 percent reside and Benin, where 11 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kpiah89144/
Kphia891/
Kpogia8014/
Kpeiya803/
Kpieah801/
Khpiah801/
Kpio7537/
Kpja751/
Qpia751/
Kpya751/
Kpaiyea7349/
Kpayiah731/
Kpaagia731/
Kpeah67368/
Kpeha6788/
Qupia676/
Kpyah675/
Cphia671/
Kpiho671/
Kpeea671/
Kpjai671/
Kpioo671/
Kpeay671/

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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 Kpia
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