Polycup Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

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

Polycup Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Polycup Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Polycup (741) may also be a first name.

Polycup Last Name Facts

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

The surname Polycup is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Polycup.

How Common Is The Last Name Polycup? popularity and diffusion

It is the 8,968,613th most numerous surname globally, held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Polycup reside; 50 percent reside in East Africa and 50 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 302,221st most frequently occurring first name at a global level, borne by 741 people.

The surname Polycup is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 4,076,858. In Papua New Guinea Polycup is mostly concentrated in: Milne Bay, where 50 percent live and Northern, where 50 percent live. Aside from Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 25 percent live and Tanzania, where 25 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pollycup931/
Polycp921/
Polycap86630/
Policup862/
Polycape8048/
Pollycap803/
Polycapu802/
Polyquip801/
Poliycap801/
Polcap771/
Polcop770/
Polycapou755/
Polycappe751/
Plcp731/
Policap71411/
Polkupu716/
Polykap713/
Bolycap712/
Ploycap711/
Polycab711/
Pollcap711/
Palycap711/
Policape6779/
Polykopa6713/
Poulicap6710/
Paulycap678/
Pollicap675/
Policapo675/
Policapi674/
Poylicap671/
Policaop671/
Polytsub671/
Palikup572/
Palikhup531,502/
Paleekhup501/

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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 Polycup
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