Nakupa Surname

942,947th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 278 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Nakupa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nakupa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania2241:236,34619,344
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
Papua New Guinea201:407,68653,132

Nakupa Last Name Facts

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

Nakupa (Russian: Накупа) is found most frequently in Tanzania. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Nakupa.

How Common Is The Last Name Nakupa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 942,947th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 26,214,194 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Nakupa live; 81 percent live in East Africa and 81 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Nakupa is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 224 people, or 1 in 236,346. In Tanzania Nakupa is mostly found in: Mtwara Region, where 94 percent are found, Lindi Region, where 4 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 2 percent are found. Beside Tanzania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 12 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nakupea926/
Naikupa923/
Nakupaya862/
Nakipa83191/
Nakupi8360/
Nacupa832/
Nakupaaya801/
Nakhupe77498/
Nakuphi77143/
Naikupi7711/
Nakoepa772/
Nakippa771/
Nakoupo771/
Nacuspad7170/
Ngaikupe711/
Nakipo6722/
Nekipa678/
Nokipa676/
Nokupi671/
Nokhipa6213/
Nokuppo621/
Nacupos621/
Noukeupo571/
Nookkipa571/
Nekoupou571/

Nakupa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nakupa in the Russian language
Накупаnakupa-

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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 Nakupa
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