Lopua Surname
Approximately 1,300 people bear this surname
Lopua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1,266 | 1:36,477 | 3,910 |
| Uganda | 27 | 1:1,445,899 | 53,777 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Lopua (350) may also be a first name.
Lopua Demographics
Lopua Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Lopua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lopua Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lopua has its highest incidence in Kenya. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lopua? popularity and diffusion
The last name Lopua is the 293,736th most common surname globally, held by around 1 in 5,605,805 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lopua reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Lopua is also the 465,882nd most frequent forename at a global level, borne by 350 people.
The surname Lopua is most widely held in Kenya, where it is held by 1,266 people, or 1 in 36,477. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Turkana County, where 100 percent live, Laikipia County, where 0 percent live and Marsabit County, where 0 percent live. Without taking into account Kenya this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 2 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent live.
Lopua Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Christian (91%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lopuha | 91 | 780 | / |
| Lompua | 91 | 4 | / |
| Lopuhaa | 83 | 39 | / |
| Lopuhoa | 83 | 4 | / |
| Lopuo | 80 | 881 | / |
| Lapua | 80 | 561 | / |
| Lovua | 80 | 130 | / |
| Lobua | 80 | 46 | / |
| Lopwa | 80 | 9 | / |
| Lepua | 80 | 5 | / |
| Lepuha | 73 | 230 | / |
| Lompwa | 73 | 183 | / |
| Laupua | 73 | 34 | / |
| Loubba | 73 | 12 | / |
| Loybua | 73 | 2 | / |
| Laepua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lampua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Liapua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lappua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lohbua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lobuha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Luopuo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lyapua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lamphua | 67 | 198 | / |
| Lapuhaa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Hloybua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hlaepua | 67 | 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 Lopua
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