Kapa Surname
Approximately 25,784 people bear this surname
Kapa Surname Definition:
Kapa is a surname of the Lunda tribe, meaning: younger twin.
Kapa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 14,771 | 1:51,930 | 3,562 |
| South Africa | 3,608 | 1:15,016 | 1,891 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1,480 | 1:5,509 | 338 |
| Indonesia | 875 | 1:151,142 | 14,841 |
| DR Congo | 732 | 1:100,928 | 11,306 |
| Bolivia | 533 | 1:19,918 | 1,660 |
| Poland | 530 | 1:71,715 | 11,223 |
| Russia | 321 | 1:448,981 | 42,376 |
| United States | 289 | 1:1,254,183 | 88,515 |
| Lesotho | 272 | 1:7,473 | 1,625 |
| Albania | 258 | 1:11,295 | 2,104 |
| Thailand | 181 | 1:390,267 | 68,497 |
| Philippines | 177 | 1:571,967 | 63,534 |
| New Zealand | 152 | 1:29,792 | 5,213 |
| Burkina Faso | 130 | 1:141,170 | 3,724 |
| Turkey | 130 | 1:598,626 | 32,242 |
| Ivory Coast | 123 | 1:187,571 | 8,219 |
| Greece | 107 | 1:103,549 | 17,425 |
| Montenegro | 105 | 1:6,091 | 1,108 |
| Hungary | 86 | 1:114,143 | 10,831 |
| Zambia | 82 | 1:193,292 | 12,826 |
| Cameroon | 66 | 1:314,683 | 29,051 |
| Nigeria | 63 | 1:2,811,790 | 89,258 |
| Belarus | 60 | 1:158,351 | 21,538 |
| Namibia | 59 | 1:40,837 | 5,469 |
| Solomon Islands | 54 | 1:10,741 | 1,884 |
| Latvia | 54 | 1:37,964 | 5,774 |
| Kenya | 52 | 1:888,075 | 32,885 |
| Zimbabwe | 44 | 1:350,869 | 33,247 |
| Germany | 40 | 1:2,012,636 | 110,053 |
| Australia | 37 | 1:729,614 | 48,196 |
| Malaysia | 31 | 1:951,427 | 42,969 |
| Uganda | 28 | 1:1,394,260 | 52,673 |
| Peru | 25 | 1:1,271,365 | 21,041 |
| Serbia | 24 | 1:297,706 | 15,186 |
| Brazil | 20 | 1:10,703,717 | 220,519 |
| Canada | 19 | 1:1,939,242 | 123,675 |
| Kazakhstan | 17 | 1:1,040,147 | 60,802 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 15 | 1:235,760 | 11,850 |
| Slovakia | 14 | 1:381,175 | 50,143 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Croatia | 9 | 1:469,845 | 36,710 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Ukraine | 8 | 1:5,690,337 | 241,823 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Czechia | 7 | 1:1,519,067 | 97,842 |
| Moldova | 5 | 1:712,274 | 39,996 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Liberia | 3 | 1:1,469,512 | 38,766 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Tonga | 1 | 1:107,313 | 791 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
The alternate forms: Käpa (36) & Kāpa (2) are calculated separately.
Kapa (25,840) may also be a first name.
Kapa Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Kapa is a surname of the Lunda tribe, meaning: younger twin.
Kapa Demographics
Kapa Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Kapa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kapa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kapa (Arabic: كبـي, Hindi: कपा, Marathi: कापा, Oriya: କାପା, Russian: Капа, Tibetan: ཀ་པ།) is more commonly found in India than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant: Käpa or Kāpa. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kapa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 21,145th most numerous last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 282,638 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 63 percent of Kapa are found; 57 percent are found in South Asia and 57 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Kapa is also the 31,202nd most frequently held given name on earth, held by 25,840 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in India, where it is held by 14,771 people, or 1 in 51,930. In India Kapa is most prevalent in: Tamil Nadu, where 54 percent are found, Gujarat, where 21 percent are found and Andhra Pradesh, where 21 percent are found. Beside India this surname occurs in 88 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 14 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent are found.
Kapa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Orthodox (78%) in Ukraine.
In The United States Kapa are 12.95% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 66.18% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Kapa earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 748.63% more than the national average, earning S/. 164,506 per year; in South Africa they earn 51.46% less than the national average, earning R 115,356 per year; in United States they earn 15.22% more than the national average, earning $49,718 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.31% less than the national average, earning $43,071 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kapa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kapa in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཀ་པ། | kapa | - |
| Kapa in the Oriya language | ||
| କାପା | kapa | 92.91 |
| କପା | kapa | 4.28 |
| କାପ | kapa | 2.22 |
| କପ | kapa | 0.15 |
| Kapa in the Hindi language | ||
| कपा | kapa | 90.48 |
| क़पा | qapa | 4.76 |
| कापा | kapa | 3.81 |
| कल्पा | kalpa | 0.95 |
| Kapa in the Marathi language | ||
| कापा | kapa | 76.71 |
| कपा | kapa | 21.92 |
| काप | kapa | 1.37 |
| Kapa in the Russian language | ||
| Капа | kapa | - |
| Kapa in the Arabic language | ||
| كبـي | kby | - |
| كبي | kby | - |
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