Kapien Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Kapien Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
Kapien Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kapien Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kapien is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kapien? popularity and diffusion
Kapien is the 4,772,636th most frequently occurring surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 53 percent of Kapien reside; 53 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 53 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
This surname is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 905,969. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Morobe, where 78 percent live, New Ireland, where 11 percent live and West New Britain, where 11 percent live. Not including Papua New Guinea this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 47 percent live.
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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 Kapien
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