Nupu Surname

564,325th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 561 people bear this surname

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

Nupu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nupu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia4411:299,88526,649
Papua New Guinea891:91,61512,219
Bangladesh91:17,706,30813,537
Malaysia71:4,213,461150,293
England51:11,143,612252,590
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nupu (301) may also be a first name.

Nupu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nupu (Hindi: नूपुर, Oriya: ନୁପୁ) is found in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Nupu.

How Common Is The Last Name Nupu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 564,325th most commonly held last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 12,990,278 people. The surname Nupu is predominantly found in Asia, where 81 percent of Nupu reside; 79 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 79 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Nupu is also the 507,810th most prevalent first name globally, held by 301 people.

It is most frequently held in Indonesia, where it is held by 441 people, or 1 in 299,885. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 41 percent reside, Gorontalo, where 25 percent reside and Central Sulawesi, where 25 percent reside. Not including Indonesia this last name is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 16 percent reside and Bangladesh, where 2 percent reside.

Nupu Last Name Statistics demography

Nupu earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 90.36% less than the national average, earning R 22,920 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nupus892,407/
Nupui89101/
Naupu8983/
Ngupu8953/
Nupuh8944/
Nuppu8930/
Nupud897/
Nuput896/
Nuupu893/
Neupu891/
Nutphu80131/
Noupeu8096/
Nuphut8021/
Nuphus8011/
Nuphud806/
Nhupud804/
Nuypud804/
Ngupuh803/
Nouhpu803/
Ngupou802/
Noupou802/
Neupou802/
Noupuu802/
Hnupui801/
Hnupud801/
Nuchpu801/
Nuiput801/
Nuipou801/
Neupeu801/
Nuhpou801/
Nipu7513,574/
Ngoupou73177/
Nuiphut7343/
Nuphaus7331/
Nouhpou7310/
Neupouh733/
Hnuphud732/
Nuypudd731/
Nuchpui731/
Nouphou731/
Noupeuh731/
Nippu6747/
Nhipu677/

Nupu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nupu in the Hindi language
नूपुरnupura-
Nupu in the Oriya language
ନୁପୁnupu-

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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 Nupu
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