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 last name Kapiha (Hindi: कपीहा) is found most frequently in Zambia. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Kapiha.
How Common Is The Last Name Kapiha? popularity and diffusion
Kapiha is the 695,980th most commonly occurring family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 17,187,608 people. The surname Kapiha is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Kapiha are found; 79 percent are found in Southern Africa and 79 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Kapiha is most numerous in Zambia, where it is carried by 335 people, or 1 in 47,313. In Zambia it is most numerous in: North-Western Province, where 68 percent are found, Copperbelt Province, where 17 percent are found and Lusaka Province, where 8 percent are found. Not including Zambia Kapiha is found in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 16 percent are found and Uganda, where 3 percent are found.
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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