Kapex Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Kapex Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kapex Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Kapex (11) may also be a first name.

Kapex Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kapex Come From? nationality or country of origin

Kapex has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of Kapex click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kapex? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,968,613th most widespread surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Kapex live; 25 percent live in East Africa and 25 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Kapex is also the 3,487,849th most frequently used first name internationally. It is borne by 11 people.

The surname Kapex is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 8,153,717. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Chimbu, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Slovakia, where 25 percent reside and South Africa, where 25 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kaupex9115/
Kopex8068/
Qapex802/
Capex801/
Koipex732/
Capexe731/
Kapeiks671/
Kaphegst621/
Coppex55265/
Kepecs55132/
Keepax55100/
Kapocs5557/
Kapacs5557/
Kapics5517/
Kopeks551/
Cappax551/
Capixe551/
Capecce50359/
Kuipeks501/

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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 Kapex
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