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 held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kapia? popularity and diffusion
It is the 65,937th most commonly occurring last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 962,942 people. The surname occurs mostly 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 widely held first name internationally, held by 949 people.
The surname is most frequently used in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 5,644 people, or 1 in 13,090. Excluding The DR Congo it occurs in 32 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent reside and Namibia, where 6 percent reside.
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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