Kupiwa Surname
Approximately 86 people bear this surname
Kupiwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 68 | 1:119,908 | 16,326 |
| Zimbabwe | 17 | 1:908,132 | 59,260 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Kupiwa (52) may also be a first name.
Kupiwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kupiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kupiwa is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kupiwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,020,555th most commonly occurring family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 84,738,906 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 79 percent of Kupiwa are found; 79 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 79 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,381,723rd most widespread first name in the world, borne by 52 people.
The last name Kupiwa is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 68 people, or 1 in 119,908. In Papua New Guinea Kupiwa is most frequent in: Western Highlands, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 20 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keupiwa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Kuphiswa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kupuwa | 83 | 123 | / |
| Kupewa | 83 | 114 | / |
| Kupiva | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kupfuwa | 77 | 290 | / |
| Kipaiwa | 77 | 109 | / |
| Kupieva | 77 | 34 | / |
| Khupuwa | 77 | 9 | / |
| Kuphuwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kupehwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Koupiwo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kuypieva | 71 | 7 | / |
| Khupieva | 71 | 6 | / |
| Kuppieva | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kipaiwua | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kipuwa | 67 | 14 | / |
| Khuppieva | 67 | 10 | / |
| Kupeva | 67 | 7 | / |
| Kipewa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kupibi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kupeeva | 62 | 643 | / |
| Kupueva | 62 | 31 | / |
| Kipuwai | 62 | 5 | / |
| Kipieva | 62 | 4 | / |
| Kupfuva | 62 | 3 | / |
| Kuppivi | 62 | 1 | / |
| Kipaiva | 62 | 1 | / |
| Kuppeeva | 57 | 46 | / |
| Khipieva | 57 | 20 | / |
| Kupevich | 57 | 3 | / |
| Kupfeeva | 57 | 1 | / |
| Kuypueva | 57 | 1 | / |
| Khupeeva | 57 | 1 | / |
| Khuppeeva | 53 | 26 | / |
| Kauppiová | 53 | 1 | / |
| Cupivi | 50 | 7 | / |
| Cupeva | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Kupiwa
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