Kapau Surname
Approximately 435 people bear this surname
Kapau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 115 | 1:137,825 | 10,109 |
| Papua New Guinea | 111 | 1:73,457 | 9,617 |
| DR Congo | 82 | 1:900,970 | 60,382 |
| Zimbabwe | 71 | 1:217,440 | 24,563 |
| Indonesia | 43 | 1:3,075,563 | 171,061 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1:290,014 | 19,875 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kapau (58) may also be a first name.
Kapau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kapau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kapau (Hindi: कपाउ, Marathi: कपौ) occurs more in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kapau? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kapau is the 683,026th most commonly used surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 16,752,979 people. Kapau occurs mostly in Africa, where 62 percent of Kapau live; 43 percent live in Southern Africa and 43 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,295,729th most frequent given name at a global level, held by 58 people.
This surname is most widespread in Zambia, where it is held by 115 people, or 1 in 137,825. In Zambia Kapau is primarily concentrated in: Central Province, where 43 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 20 percent reside and Western Province, where 19 percent reside. Beside Zambia this last name exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 26 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 19 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kapau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kapau in the Hindi language | ||
| कपाउ | kapa'u | - |
| Kapau in the Marathi language | ||
| कपौ | kapau | - |
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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 Kapau
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