Kpun Surname
Approximately 497 people bear this surname
Kpun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 468 | 1:378,510 | 20,133 |
| Ivory Coast | 29 | 1:795,560 | 21,349 |
Kpun (17) may also be a first name.
Kpun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kpun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kpun is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Kpun.
How Common Is The Last Name Kpun? popularity and diffusion
Kpun is the 618,896th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 14,663,070 people. The surname Kpun is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kpun reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most numerous first name in the world, borne by 17 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 468 people, or 1 in 378,510. In Nigeria it is most common in: Bayelsa, where 88 percent live, Rivers, where 5 percent live and Benue, where 4 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 6 percent live.
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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 Kpun
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