Kapenieks Surname
Approximately 38 people bear this surname
Kapenieks Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 36 | 1:56,946 | 8,548 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Kapenieks Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kapenieks Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kapenieks is held by more people in Latvia than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kapenieks? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,185,033rd most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 191,777,524 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Kapenieks are found; 95 percent are found in Northern Europe and 95 percent are found in Baltic Europe.
It is most frequently held in Latvia, where it is borne by 36 people, or 1 in 56,946. In Latvia it is most frequent in: Riga Planning Region, where 78 percent are found and Kurzeme Planning Region, where 22 percent are found. Apart from Latvia it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Italy, where 3 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kapenekas | 89 | 38 | / |
| Kapenieksová | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kopeniek | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kepenekos | 78 | 17 | / |
| Kapanikas | 78 | 5 | / |
| Kapanikis | 78 | 3 | / |
| Kapinekis | 78 | 1 | / |
| Kapenakos | 78 | 1 | / |
| Kapenakis | 78 | 1 | / |
| Kepenekis | 78 | 1 | / |
| Kejbenieks | 74 | 1 | / |
| Keibenieks | 74 | 1 | / |
| Kapnakis | 71 | 41 | / |
| Kapunics | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kepenekci | 67 | 338 | / |
| Kapanakis | 67 | 46 | / |
| Kapanicas | 67 | 18 | / |
| Kapinakis | 67 | 16 | / |
| Caupenoks | 67 | 6 | / |
| Capenakas | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kapengasa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kbanks | 67 | 1 | / |
| Koepenics | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ceipinieks | 63 | 1 | / |
| Kopeynikova | 60 | 2 | / |
| Koponics | 59 | 20 | / |
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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 Kapenieks
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