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 surname Kapia (Bengali: কাপিয়া, Georgian: კაფია, Russian: Капиа) is most common in The DR Congo. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Kapia click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kapia? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 65,937th most frequently used family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 962,942 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 81 percent of Kapia live; 75 percent live in Central Africa and 75 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Kapia is also the 262,241st most commonly used first name on earth It is held by 949 people.
The surname is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 5,644 people, or 1 in 13,090. Other than The DR Congo this surname is found in 32 countries. It is also common 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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