Nkupe Surname
Approximately 264 people bear this surname
Nkupe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 249 | 1:212,617 | 17,846 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Nkupe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkupe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nkupe is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkupe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 978,274th most commonly occurring family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 27,604,341 people. The surname Nkupe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkupe reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 249 people, or 1 in 212,617. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Tanga Region, where 96 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 2 percent are found and Kilimanjaro Region, where 2 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 3 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nkuphe | 91 | 9 | / |
| Nkhupe | 91 | 3 | / |
| Nkuupe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nkoupe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nkupeh | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nkup | 89 | 185 | / |
| Nkuipet | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nkupa | 80 | 97 | / |
| Ncupe | 80 | 4 | / |
| Nkoup | 80 | 3 | / |
| Nkipe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nkhupi | 73 | 87 | / |
| Ngcupe | 73 | 84 | / |
| Ncuphe | 73 | 14 | / |
| Ngkupa | 73 | 11 | / |
| Nkupit | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkgupi | 73 | 1 | / |
| N'Kupa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkupha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkeupi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkoupi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkoope | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngcuphe | 67 | 35 | / |
| Nkupaai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkhoope | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkub | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ncup | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ncupi | 60 | 13 | / |
| Nkoop | 60 | 1 | / |
| Ncupa | 60 | 1 | / |
| Nkipi | 60 | 1 | / |
| Nkipai | 55 | 5 | / |
| Ncoepe | 55 | 1 | / |
| Nqoepe | 55 | 1 | / |
| Nkippi | 55 | 1 | / |
| Nkubowa | 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 Nkupe
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