Kapnias Surname

910,497th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 292 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Kapnias Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kapnias Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece2311:47,9647,858
South Africa211:2,579,891103,459
United States141:25,889,924709,614
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
England31:18,572,686338,250
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Kapnias Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kapnias Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Kapnias is found most frequently in Greece. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Kapnias.

How Common Is The Last Name Kapnias? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 910,497th most common family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 24,957,349 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 84 percent of Kapnias live; 79 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 79 percent live in Helleno-Europe.

The last name Kapnias is most commonly occurring in Greece, where it is carried by 231 people, or 1 in 47,964. In Greece Kapnias is primarily found in: Attica, where 40 percent are found, Central Macedonia, where 25 percent are found and Thessaly, where 21 percent are found. Other than Greece this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 7 percent are found and The United States, where 5 percent are found.

Kapnias Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Kapnias surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Kapnias earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 49.07% more than the national average, earning R 354,252 per year and in United States they earn 31.45% more than the national average, earning $56,719 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kapnia92141/
Kapnios861/
Capnias861/
Kopnia774/
Kapnya771/
Capnia771/
Kapnayya673/
Kopniarz671/
Kopnya621/
Kapgnou571/
Koopneay533/

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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 Kapnias
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