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 held by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kapiyo? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 809,613th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 21,123,321 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kapiyo live; 66 percent live in Southern Africa and 66 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Kapiyo is also the 2,301,746th most numerous first name throughout the world, borne by 22 people.
The surname is most numerous in Malawi, where it is carried by 157 people, or 1 in 109,039. Excluding Malawi it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 31 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 20 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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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