Kapoa Surname
Approximately 137 people bear this surname
Kapoa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 74 | 1:248,001 | 4,855 |
| Cameroon | 28 | 1:741,752 | 52,682 |
| Indonesia | 17 | 1:7,779,364 | 314,803 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Solomon Islands | 8 | 1:72,504 | 14,153 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
Kapoa (17) may also be a first name.
Kapoa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kapoa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kapoa (Arabic: كبوي) occurs in Burkina Faso more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kapoa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,518,885th most frequently used last name globally, borne by around 1 in 53,193,766 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 74 percent of Kapoa reside; 54 percent reside in West Africa and 54 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most commonly used first name internationally, held by 17 people.
The last name Kapoa is most common in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 74 people, or 1 in 248,001. In Burkina Faso it is most frequent in: Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 86 percent are found and Hauts-Bassins Region, where 14 percent are found. Other than Burkina Faso this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 20 percent are found and Indonesia, where 12 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kapoa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kapoa in the Arabic language | ||
| كبوي | kbwy | - |
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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 Kapoa
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