Kapiye Surname
Approximately 1,684 people bear this surname
Kapiye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 1,151 | 1:2,093 | 311 |
| Malawi | 523 | 1:32,733 | 4,882 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kapiye (23) may also be a first name.
Kapiye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kapiye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kapiye is found most in Namibia. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kapiye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 238,146th most commonly held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 4,327,521 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kapiye live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Kapiye is also the 2,239,265th most common first name in the world, borne by 23 people.
Kapiye is most frequently occurring in Namibia, where it is carried by 1,151 people, or 1 in 2,093. In Namibia it is primarily found in: Oshikoto Region, where 42 percent are found, Ohangwena Region, where 26 percent are found and Khomas Region, where 11 percent are found. Not including Namibia this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 31 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, 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
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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 Kapiye
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