Akapi Surname

1,994,173rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 88 people bear this surname

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

Akapi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Akapi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea581:140,58119,337
Nigeria251:7,085,710162,099
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Akapi (31) may also be a first name.

Akapi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Akapi (Oriya: ଅକପି, Russian: Акапи) is most common in Papua New Guinea. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Akapi? popularity and diffusion

The surname Akapi is the 1,994,173rd most numerous surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 82,813,022 people. The surname Akapi is predominantly found in Oceania, where 68 percent of Akapi live; 68 percent live in Oceania Islands and 68 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,874,099th most commonly used first name worldwide. It is borne by 31 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 58 people, or 1 in 140,581. In Papua New Guinea Akapi is most frequent in: East Sepik, where 59 percent live, Hela, where 33 percent live and New Ireland, where 3 percent live. Besides Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 28 percent live and Indonesia, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Akapei913/
Hakapi911/
Aukapi911/
Akaipi911/
Aikapi911/
Akapit911/
Hakaspi8315/
Aukapai834/
Akapoit831/
Gakapai831/
Akapa80368/
Ekapi80311/
Akape80203/
Okapi80165/
Akopi8077/
Acapi804/
Akepi801/
Hakapeit779/
Aikapa731,782/
Akapea73303/
Hakapa73101/
Akcapa7360/
Akaipa7357/
Akapeu7349/
Gokapi7317/
Hakepi7316/
Aicapi7312/
Aukopi7311/
Aukapa739/
Acapio736/
Akoopi736/
Akapay734/
Akaper734/
Akopio733/
Akappa732/
Akapeh732/
Akeipi731/
Hakopi731/
Eakapa731/
Aukape731/
Aucapi731/
Akapes731/
Akepie731/
Aikape731/
Hacapi731/
Hakape731/
Akopii731/
Akopiy731/
Ozkapi731/
Akoupi731/
Akaapa731/
Hakapaa67211/
Gokapai67177/
Akoopie6722/
Auskape6719/
Aikaapa6714/
Gokapei6711/
Akophai673/
Hacaspi672/
Akapaya672/
Akaapaa671/
Aicahpi671/
Akapets671/
Akkappa671/
Akkaped671/
Hacapis671/
Hhakapa671/
Accapio671/
Hackapy670/

Akapi Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Akapi in the Oriya language
ଅକପିakapi-
Akapi in the Russian language
Акапиakapi-

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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 Akapi
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