Kapiha Surname
Approximately 424 people bear this surname
Kapiha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 335 | 1:47,313 | 4,520 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Kapiha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kapiha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kapiha (Hindi: कपीहा) is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kapiha.
How Common Is The Last Name Kapiha? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kapiha is the 695,980th most common last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 17,187,608 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Kapiha reside; 79 percent reside in Southern Africa and 79 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Zambia, where it is carried by 335 people, or 1 in 47,313. In Zambia it is most common in: North-Western Province, where 68 percent live, Copperbelt Province, where 17 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 8 percent live. Besides Zambia Kapiha exists in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 16 percent live and Uganda, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kapiha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kapiha in the Hindi language | ||
| कपीहा | kapiha | - |
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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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- 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 Kapiha
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