Nuapah Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Nuapah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nuapah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia281:157,44811,209
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nuapah Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nuapah is found most frequently in Liberia. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nuapah? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,432,070th most frequently occurring family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 220,834,725 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Nuapah live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 85 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.

The surname is most common in Liberia, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 157,448. In Liberia Nuapah is primarily found in: Bong County, where 86 percent reside, Gbarpolu County, where 4 percent reside and Grand Bassa County, where 4 percent reside. Apart from Liberia Nuapah is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 12 percent reside and The United States, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nuapa9114/
Nuhapa832/
Nuapai832/
Nuapoa831/
Nuopah831/
Nwapah831/
Nwapa73500/
Nvapa733/
Nuapo731/
Nwapha6731/
Mbapah6713/
Nnwapa671/
Nwapho671/
Nwappa671/
Nwuopa671/
Nhuapo671/

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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 Nuapah
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