Kukpa Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Kukpa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kukpa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria231:7,701,859170,290
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Kukpa (161) may also be a first name.

Kukpa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kukpa (Tibetan: ལྐུགས་པ།) is most common in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kukpa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kukpa is the 3,543,123rd most prevalent family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. The surname Kukpa is predominantly found in Africa, where 74 percent of Kukpa live; 74 percent live in West Africa and 74 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 722,635th most frequently held given name at a global level, borne by 161 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 7,701,859. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Cross River, where 48 percent are found, Benue, where 30 percent are found and Lagos, where 17 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 13 percent are found and India, where 10 percent are found.

Kukpa Last Name Statistics demography

Kukpa earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 19.5% more than the national average, earning $51,562 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Koukpa91116/
Keukpa9122/
Kaukpa911/
Kukpea911/
Koukpah831/
Koukpai831/
Kokpa80323/
Kikpa80131/
Kukpe8046/
Cukpa802/
Kucpa801/
Kukpo801/
Koukpo731,905/
Kikpai7327/
Kukpit7316/
Kukpeh737/
Koukpe737/
Koukpi731/
Kokpha731/
Kokpea731/
Kukpei731/
Kokpoa731/
Kokpaï731/
Ckikpa731/
Kikpah731/
Khokpa731/
Khokpha67189/
Koukpou673/
Khokpea671/
Kokphai671/
Kokpeah671/
Kaukper670/

Kukpa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kukpa in the Tibetan language
ལྐུགས་པ།kukpa37.5
སྐུག་པ།kukpa25
ལྐུག་པ་kukpa12.5
ཀུག་པ་kukpa12.5
སྐུགས་པ།kukpa12.5

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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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  • 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 Kukpa
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