Kapei Surname
Approximately 745 people bear this surname
Kapei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 397 | 1:116,322 | 9,828 |
| Papua New Guinea | 188 | 1:43,371 | 5,314 |
| Tanzania | 52 | 1:1,018,108 | 45,504 |
| South Africa | 46 | 1:1,177,776 | 67,773 |
| India | 19 | 1:40,371,862 | 445,856 |
| Solomon Islands | 16 | 1:36,252 | 7,281 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
The alternate forms: Kapeî (1) & Kapeï (1) are calculated separately.
Kapei (373) may also be a first name.
Kapei Demographics
Kapei Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kapei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kapei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kapei (Hindi: कपेई, Marathi: कापेई, Oriya: କାେପଇ) is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may be found as: Kapeî or Kapeï. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kapei? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kapei is the 454,874th most common surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 9,781,941 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 69 percent of Kapei live; 62 percent live in East Africa and 53 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Kapei is also the 449,413th most commonly used first name worldwide, held by 373 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 397 people, or 1 in 116,322. In Kenya Kapei is most numerous in: Kajiado County, where 99 percent reside, Homa Bay County, where 0 percent reside and Makueni County, where 0 percent reside. Excluding Kenya this last name exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 25 percent reside and Tanzania, where 7 percent reside.
Kapei Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Kapei last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Kapei earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 84.46% less than the national average, earning R 36,936 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kapei Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kapei in the Hindi language | ||
| कपेई | kape'i | - |
| Kapei in the Oriya language | ||
| କାେପଇ | kaepa'i | 98.21 |
| Kapei in the Marathi language | ||
| कापेई | kape'i | 66.67 |
| कापई | kapa'i | 16.67 |
| कपेई | kape'i | 16.67 |
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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 Kapei
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