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
Average Kapa Salary in
United States
$49,718 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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 found most frequently in India. It can also occur as a variant: Käpa or Kāpa. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kapa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 21,145th most common family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 282,638 people. The surname occurs mostly 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. It is also the 31,202nd most commonly used first name throughout the world It is held by 25,840 people.
The surname is most commonly held in India, where it is borne by 14,771 people, or 1 in 51,930. In India Kapa is most common in: Tamil Nadu, where 54 percent live, Gujarat, where 21 percent live and Andhra Pradesh, where 21 percent live. Apart from India this last name exists in 88 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 14 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent live.
Kapa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Orthodox (78%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Kapa surname are 12.95% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 66.18% registered with 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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