Kapinu Surname
Approximately 101 people bear this surname
Kapinu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 74 | 1:110,185 | 14,934 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
Kapinu (19) may also be a first name.
Kapinu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kapinu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kapinu is most common in Papua New Guinea. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Kapinu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kapinu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,839,022nd most prevalent family name on earth, held by around 1 in 72,153,920 people. The surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 73 percent of Kapinu live; 73 percent live in Oceania Islands and 73 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,523,061st most common forename throughout the world, held by 19 people.
It is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 74 people, or 1 in 110,185. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Eastern Highlands, where 99 percent are found and Bougainville, where 1 percent are found. Aside from Papua New Guinea this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 27 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kapingu | 92 | 2,025 | / |
| Kapinau | 92 | 3 | / |
| Kapinou | 92 | 1 | / |
| Kapinusz | 86 | 3 | / |
| Kapunu | 83 | 99 | / |
| Kapenu | 83 | 20 | / |
| Kapynus | 77 | 1,985 | / |
| Koupinu | 77 | 16 | / |
| Capinus | 77 | 13 | / |
| Kapengu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kapínus | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kapuenu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kopenu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Capunu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kepenu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kepenou | 62 | 29 | / |
| Kopynus | 62 | 2 | / |
| Kapynoe | 62 | 1 | / |
| Copinus | 62 | 0 | / |
| Koupenou | 57 | 1 | / |
| Capenhout | 53 | 1 | / |
| Koppenhout | 50 | 3 | / |
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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 Kapinu
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