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
Kapiya (Bengali: কাপিয়া, Hindi: कपिया, Marathi: कापीया, Russian: Капия) is found in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kapiya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kapiya is the 254,216th most widely held last name on earth, held by around 1 in 4,689,540 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Kapiya are found; 56 percent are found in Southern Africa and 56 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 316,697th most frequently held first name in the world It is held by 683 people.
Kapiya is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is held by 486 people, or 1 in 152,016. Aside from The DR Congo this last name exists in 15 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 23 percent reside and Zambia, where 22 percent reside.
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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- 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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