Kpu Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Kpu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 33 | 1:5,367,962 | 136,856 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Kpu (91) may also be a first name.
Kpu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kpu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kpu (Russian: Кпу) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kpu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kpu is the 2,944,094th most commonly occurring family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Kpu live; 77 percent live in West Africa and 75 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kpu is also the 998,282nd most widely held first name at a global level, borne by 91 people.
The last name Kpu is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 33 people, or 1 in 5,367,962. In Nigeria Kpu is mostly found in: Benue, where 73 percent reside, Rivers, where 24 percent reside and Ebonyi, where 3 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 16 percent reside and Cameroon, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kpu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kpu in the Russian language | ||
| Кпу | kpu | - |
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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 Kpu
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