Kakapu Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

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

Kakapu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kakapu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea141:582,40870,330
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Kakapu (11) may also be a first name.

Kakapu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kakapu is most common in Papua New Guinea. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kakapu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,427,875th most frequently used family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. It is primarily found in Oceania, where 75 percent of Kakapu reside; 75 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 70 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Kakapu is also the 3,487,849th most frequent first name on earth It is held by 11 people.

The surname is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 582,408. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Enga, where 50 percent live, Western Highlands, where 21 percent live and National Capital District, where 14 percent live. Not including Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 20 percent live and The Solomon Islands, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kakaipu924/
Katkapu921/
Kakkadpu863/
Kakkatpu861/
Kacapu8323/
Kokapu835/
Cakapu833/
Kakopu832/
Kekapu831/
Kotkapu778/
Kaukopu771/
Kothkapu719/
Kakeupeu711/
Cakapaut711/
Kocapu67101/
Kokopu6723/
Kekepu671/
Kotthkapu671/
Koukopu621/
Cacapuz621/
Koccappu571/

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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 Kakapu
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