Kapini Surname
Approximately 2,652 people bear this surname
Kapini Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 2,131 | 1:7,438 | 885 |
| DR Congo | 260 | 1:284,152 | 26,288 |
| Solomon Islands | 183 | 1:3,170 | 325 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
| Zimbabwe | 13 | 1:1,187,557 | 68,998 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Uganda | 12 | 1:3,253,273 | 85,117 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
Kapini (328) may also be a first name.
Kapini Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kapini Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kapini (Bengali: কপিনী, Hindi: कपिनी, Marathi: कापीनी, Oriya: କପିନୀ) is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Kapini click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kapini? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 163,712th most widely held surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 2,747,943 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Kapini live; 81 percent live in Southern Africa and 81 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Kapini is also the 484,112th most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 328 people.
The surname Kapini is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is carried by 2,131 people, or 1 in 7,438. In Zambia it is most common in: Central Province, where 51 percent are found, Lusaka Province, where 30 percent are found and Copperbelt Province, where 14 percent are found. Without taking into account Zambia this last name exists in 16 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 10 percent are found and The Solomon Islands, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kapini Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kapini in the Bengali language | ||
| কপিনী | kapini | - |
| Kapini in the Oriya language | ||
| କପିନୀ | kapini | - |
| Kapini in the Marathi language | ||
| कापीनी | kapini | - |
| Kapini in the Hindi language | ||
| कपिनी | kapini | 50 |
| कापिनी | kapini | 25 |
| कपीनी | kapini | 25 |
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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 Kapini
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