Kapiya Surname
Approximately 1,554 people bear this surname
Kapiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 486 | 1:152,016 | 15,865 |
| Zimbabwe | 353 | 1:43,734 | 6,735 |
| Zambia | 346 | 1:45,809 | 4,413 |
| Namibia | 169 | 1:14,257 | 2,629 |
| Papua New Guinea | 71 | 1:114,841 | 15,585 |
| Uganda | 68 | 1:574,107 | 31,082 |
| Philippines | 22 | 1:4,601,737 | 165,269 |
| Thailand | 17 | 1:4,155,197 | 336,594 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kapiya (683) may also be a first name.
Kapiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kapiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kapiya (Bengali: কাপিয়া, Hindi: कपिया, Marathi: कापीया, Russian: Капия) occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kapiya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kapiya is the 254,216th most frequently held surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,689,540 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Kapiya reside; 56 percent reside in Southern Africa and 56 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Kapiya is also the 316,697th most commonly used given name in the world, borne by 683 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 486 people, or 1 in 152,016. Aside from The DR Congo this surname exists in 15 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 23 percent are found and Zambia, where 22 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kapiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kapiya in the Bengali language | ||
| কাপিয়া | kapiya | - |
| Kapiya in the Marathi language | ||
| कापीया | kapiya | - |
| Kapiya in the Hindi language | ||
| कपिया | kapiya | 39.66 |
| कपीया | kapiya | 37.93 |
| कापिया | kapiya | 18.97 |
| कश्यय | kasyaya | 1.72 |
| काफिया | kaphiya | 1.72 |
| Kapiya in the Russian language | ||
| Капия | kapia | - |
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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 Kapiya
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