Nuapa Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Nuapa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nuapa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia121:367,37819,503
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243

Nuapa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nuapa occurs in Liberia more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Nuapa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nuapa? popularity and diffusion

Nuapa is the 5,213,395th most frequently held last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Nuapa live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.

The last name Nuapa is most widespread in Liberia, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 367,378. In Liberia Nuapa is mostly found in: Bong County, where 50 percent reside and Nimba County, where 50 percent reside. Besides Liberia this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 7 percent reside and The Solomon Islands, where 7 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nuapah9133/
Nuapai912/
Nuhapa912/
Nuapoa911/
Nwapa80500/
Nvapa803/
Nuapo801/
Nwapha7331/
Nwapah731/
Nhuapo731/
Nwuopa731/
Nwappa731/
Nnwapa731/
Nuapeh731/
Nuopah731/
Nwapaja671/
Nwaphau671/

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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 Nuapa
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