Kanapia Surname

147,933rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,991 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Kanapia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanapia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines2,9201:34,6715,247
Kazakhstan501:353,65028,520
Indonesia141:9,446,371356,066
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Kanapia (378) may also be a first name.

Kanapia Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kanapia is found most frequently in The Philippines. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Kanapia click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanapia? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 147,933rd most frequently held last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 2,436,491 people. Kanapia occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Kanapia reside; 98 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 60 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Kanapia is also the 446,161st most frequently used first name internationally, held by 378 people.

The last name Kanapia is most commonly used in The Philippines, where it is carried by 2,920 people, or 1 in 34,671. In The Philippines Kanapia is most frequent in: Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, where 61 percent live, Soccsksargen, where 34 percent live and National Capital Region, where 2 percent live. Aside from The Philippines it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Kazakhstan, where 2 percent live and Indonesia, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kanapiah9334/
Khanapia931/
Khanapiah8874/
Canapia86535/
Kanapya8611/
Kenapia861/
Khanaphiah821/
Khhanapiah821/
Kenapiah807/
Canapias801/
Canaphia800/
Canopia7130/
Kenopia7110/
Conapia717/
Konopia712/
Canapya711/
Canapio711/
Canapea711/
Canoppia6732/
Khonopiah6310/
Canopio5733/
Conapio571/
Conopia570/
Konopiots508/

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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 Kanapia
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