Kapilya Surname
Approximately 1,788 people bear this surname
Kapilya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 1,484 | 1:10,681 | 1,232 |
| DR Congo | 301 | 1:245,447 | 23,516 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Kapilya (68) may also be a first name.
Kapilya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kapilya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kapilya is most common in Zambia. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kapilya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kapilya is the 226,928th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 4,075,809 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kapilya live; 83 percent live in Southern Africa and 83 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Kapilya is also the 1,181,159th most widespread first name globally. It is borne by 68 people.
The last name Kapilya is most numerous in Zambia, where it is held by 1,484 people, or 1 in 10,681. In Zambia it is most numerous in: Central Province, where 61 percent are found, Copperbelt Province, where 18 percent are found and Lusaka Province, where 12 percent are found. Outside of Zambia Kapilya exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 17 percent are found and Germany, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Kapilya
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