Kapen Surname
Approximately 521 people bear this surname
Kapen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 276 | 1:29,542 | 3,376 |
| Kenya | 117 | 1:394,700 | 22,236 |
| United States | 48 | 1:7,551,228 | 341,161 |
| Cameroon | 27 | 1:769,225 | 54,005 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Vanuatu | 4 | 1:65,819 | 1,151 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 20 | 1:2,510,934 | 119,518 |
Kapen (813) may also be a first name.
Kapen Demographics
Average Kapen Salary in
United States
$57,241 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kapen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kapen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kapen (Oriya: କାେପନ, Russian: Капен, Tibetan: ཀ་པེན་) is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kapen? popularity and diffusion
Kapen is the 597,433rd most widespread last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 13,987,612 people. The surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 54 percent of Kapen live; 54 percent live in Oceania Islands and 53 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Kapen is also the 286,673rd most widely held first name in the world It is held by 813 people.
The surname is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 276 people, or 1 in 29,542. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: Jiwaka, where 34 percent are found, Enga, where 12 percent are found and Madang, where 12 percent are found. Other than Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 15 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 22 percent are found and The United States, where 9 percent are found.
Kapen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Kapen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kapen surname expanded 240 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kapen Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Kapen surname are 31.01% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 77.78% being registered with the political party.
Kapen earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 32.66% more than the national average, earning $57,241 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kapen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kapen in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཀ་པེན་ | kapen | - |
| Kapen in the Oriya language | ||
| କାେପନ | kaepana | 73.33 |
| କାେପନ୍ | kaepan | 26.67 |
| Kapen in the Russian language | ||
| Капен | kapen | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Kapen
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