Nanapu Surname

1,573,888th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 130 people bear this surname

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

Nanapu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nanapu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea761:107,28614,507
India521:14,751,257245,013
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nanapu (59) may also be a first name.

Nanapu Last Name Facts

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

Nanapu is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nanapu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,573,888th most widespread family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 56,058,046 people. The surname Nanapu occurs mostly in Oceania, where 58 percent of Nanapu are found; 58 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 58 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Nanapu is also the 1,282,666th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, held by 59 people.

The surname is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 76 people, or 1 in 107,286. In Papua New Guinea Nanapu is most common in: Enga, where 99 percent reside and Madang, where 1 percent reside. Excluding Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 40 percent reside and Kenya, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nainapu92274/
Nannapu92167/
Naanapu9235/
Nanappu927/
Naynapu925/
Nganapou86107/
Naanappu865/
Nannaput861/
Nanopu831/
Nannepu7743/
Neinapu771/
Nannebpu711/

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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 Nanapu
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