Kapal Surname
Approximately 3,017 people bear this surname
Kapal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 1,307 | 1:6,238 | 401 |
| India | 622 | 1:1,233,224 | 49,162 |
| Philippines | 313 | 1:323,445 | 44,787 |
| Turkey | 257 | 1:302,807 | 19,804 |
| Indonesia | 228 | 1:580,040 | 46,367 |
| Czechia | 90 | 1:118,150 | 19,158 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| United States | 36 | 1:10,068,304 | 413,125 |
| Malaysia | 36 | 1:819,284 | 37,745 |
| Canada | 25 | 1:1,473,824 | 101,190 |
| Kazakhstan | 11 | 1:1,607,500 | 79,317 |
| Russia | 9 | 1:16,013,673 | 414,297 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Ukraine | 5 | 1:9,104,539 | 300,808 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 1:2,986,327 | 84,533 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Brunei | 2 | 1:209,366 | 3,098 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
The alternate forms: Kápal (5) are calculated separately.
Kapal (6,757) may also be a first name.
Kapal Demographics
Average Kapal Salary in
United States
$41,901 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kapal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kapal Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kapal (Hindi: कपाल, Marathi: कपल, Oriya: କାପଲ, Russian: Капал) is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Kápal. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kapal? popularity and diffusion
Kapal is the 146,845th most widespread surname globally It is held by around 1 in 2,415,494 people. The last name Kapal is mostly found in Asia, where 49 percent of Kapal reside; 43 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 43 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 79,390th most frequently occurring given name at a global level, borne by 6,757 people.
It is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 1,307 people, or 1 in 6,238. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Jiwaka, where 87 percent live, Madang, where 5 percent live and Western Highlands, where 2 percent live. Excluding Papua New Guinea it exists in 26 countries. It is also common in India, where 21 percent live and The Philippines, where 10 percent live.
Kapal Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Kapal has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kapal surname expanded 1,200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kapal Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Kapal surname are 40.73% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 87.5% being registered with the political party.
The amount Kapal earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 2.89% less than the national average, earning $41,901 USD per year and in Canada they earn 29.04% more than the national average, earning $64,110 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kapal Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kapal in the Oriya language | ||
| କାପଲ | kapala | 97.13 |
| କାପାଲ | kapala | 0.92 |
| କପଲ | kapala | 0.69 |
| କପାଳ | kapala | 0.46 |
| କପାଲ | kapala | 0.23 |
| କାପଳ | kapala | 0.23 |
| କାମଲ | kamala | 0.11 |
| Kapal in the Hindi language | ||
| कपाल | kapala | 62.33 |
| कपल | kapala | 26.71 |
| क़पाल | qapala | 5.48 |
| कपिल | kapila | 1.37 |
| कापाल | kapala | 1.37 |
| कापल | kapala | 0.68 |
| पाल | pala | 0.68 |
| कृपाल | krpala | 0.68 |
| Kapal in the Marathi language | ||
| कपल | kapala | 27.81 |
| कापल | kapala | 20.16 |
| फपाळ | phapala | 15.94 |
| कपाळ | kapala | 15 |
| कपाल | kapala | 14.22 |
| कापाल | kapala | 1.56 |
| पल | pala | 1.56 |
| कपळ | kapala | 0.63 |
| कापळ | kapala | 0.63 |
| कपाला | kapala | 0.63 |
| कमल | kamala | 0.47 |
| कमला | kamala | 0.31 |
| किपल | kipala | 0.16 |
| Kapal in the Russian language | ||
| Капал | kapal | - |
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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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- 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 Kapal
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