Kupulu Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Kupulu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kupulu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea251:326,14943,617
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Kupulu (17) may also be a first name.

Kupulu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kupulu (Oriya: କୁପୁଲୁ) occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kupulu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,730,171st most prevalent last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. Kupulu occurs mostly in Oceania, where 89 percent of Kupulu are found; 89 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 89 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,694,839th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 17 people.

It is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 326,149. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Southern Highlands, where 84 percent live, Eastern Highlands, where 4 percent live and Madang, where 4 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 7 percent live and The DR Congo, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kuppulu928/
Kipulu833,679/
Kupolu8360/
Koupoulou801/
Kuppolu779/
Kiphulu774/
Kuupolu771/
Kipilu6721/
Küpoğlu62379/
Kiphilu6227/

Kupulu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kupulu in the Oriya language
କୁପୁଲୁkupulu66.67
କୁପୁଳୁkupulu33.33

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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 Kupulu
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