Kapia Surname
Approximately 7,568 people bear this surname
Kapia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 5,644 | 1:13,090 | 1,641 |
| Papua New Guinea | 996 | 1:8,186 | 627 |
| Namibia | 437 | 1:5,514 | 1,052 |
| Indonesia | 269 | 1:491,633 | 40,334 |
| Philippines | 88 | 1:1,150,434 | 92,307 |
| Uganda | 32 | 1:1,219,977 | 48,798 |
| India | 26 | 1:29,502,515 | 369,827 |
| Thailand | 15 | 1:4,709,223 | 352,754 |
| Albania | 9 | 1:323,784 | 16,217 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| Tanzania | 7 | 1:7,563,088 | 70,659 |
| Peru | 5 | 1:6,356,825 | 38,776 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
Kapia (949) may also be a first name.
Kapia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kapia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kapia (Bengali: কাপিয়া, Georgian: კაფია, Russian: Капиа) is found in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Kapia click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kapia? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 65,937th most widely held surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 962,942 people. The last name Kapia is predominantly found in Africa, where 81 percent of Kapia are found; 75 percent are found in Central Africa and 75 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Kapia is also the 262,241st most frequently held first name globally It is held by 949 people.
The last name Kapia is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 5,644 people, or 1 in 13,090. Besides The DR Congo Kapia exists in 32 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent live and Namibia, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kapia Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kapia in the Georgian language | ||
| კაფია | kapia | - |
| Kapia in the Bengali language | ||
| কাপিয়া | kapiya | - |
| Kapia in the Russian language | ||
| Капиа | kapia | - |
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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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- 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 Kapia
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