Kapiyo Surname
Approximately 345 people bear this surname
Kapiyo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| Uganda | 108 | 1:361,475 | 23,506 |
| Zimbabwe | 70 | 1:220,546 | 24,781 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
Kapiyo (22) may also be a first name.
Kapiyo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kapiyo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kapiyo is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kapiyo? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 809,613th most widespread last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 21,123,321 people. The last name Kapiyo is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kapiyo are found; 66 percent are found in Southern Africa and 66 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most common forename world-wide It is held by 22 people.
Kapiyo is most common in Malawi, where it is carried by 157 people, or 1 in 109,039. Other than Malawi it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 31 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 20 percent reside.
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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 Kapiyo
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