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 last name Kpu (Russian: Кпу) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kpu? popularity and diffusion
Kpu is the 2,944,094th most commonly occurring last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. The last name Kpu 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 commonly occurring first name throughout the world, held by 91 people.
This surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 33 people, or 1 in 5,367,962. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Benue, where 73 percent live, Rivers, where 24 percent live and Ebonyi, where 3 percent live. Beside Nigeria this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 16 percent live and Cameroon, where 2 percent live.
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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