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
The last name Kapia (Bengali: কাপিয়া, Georgian: კაფია, Russian: Капиа) occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kapia? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 65,937th most numerous family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 962,942 people. This last name is primarily 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 common given name on earth, borne by 949 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in The DR Congo, where it is held by 5,644 people, or 1 in 13,090. Other than The DR Congo this last name occurs in 32 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent are found and Namibia, where 6 percent are found.
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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