Kapok Surname
Approximately 424 people bear this surname
Kapok Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 193 | 1:280,713 | 27,626 |
| Papua New Guinea | 131 | 1:62,242 | 8,061 |
| Malaysia | 45 | 1:655,427 | 31,286 |
| Philippines | 25 | 1:4,049,529 | 157,830 |
| Cameroon | 17 | 1:1,221,710 | 73,195 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kapok (209) may also be a first name.
Kapok Demographics
Average Kapok Salary in
South Africa
R 93,096
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Kapok Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kapok Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kapok occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kapok? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 695,980th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 17,187,608 people. The surname Kapok is predominantly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Kapok reside; 46 percent reside in Southern Africa and 46 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 625,736th most commonly used first name at a global level. It is borne by 209 people.
Kapok is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is held by 193 people, or 1 in 280,713. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 67 percent reside, Eastern Cape, where 21 percent reside and Gauteng, where 8 percent reside. Other than South Africa it exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 31 percent reside and Malaysia, where 11 percent reside.
Kapok Last Name Statistics demography
Kapok earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 60.82% less than the national average, earning R 93,096 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kapoke | 91 | 112 | / |
| Khapok | 91 | 95 | / |
| Kaipok | 91 | 63 | / |
| Kapook | 91 | 9 | / |
| Kapock | 91 | 7 | / |
| Kaepok | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kappock | 83 | 56 | / |
| Kapoock | 83 | 48 | / |
| Kapouke | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kapak | 80 | 1,339 | / |
| Kapuk | 80 | 216 | / |
| Kopok | 80 | 171 | / |
| Capok | 80 | 156 | / |
| Kapák | 80 | 94 | / |
| Kepok | 80 | 28 | / |
| Kapoc | 80 | 5 | / |
| Keappock | 77 | 44 | / |
| Kapokova | 77 | 5 | / |
| Kaypak | 73 | 1,594 | / |
| Kapocs | 73 | 57 | / |
| Kappak | 73 | 45 | / |
| Kaipak | 73 | 25 | / |
| Khapak | 73 | 10 | / |
| Kaphak | 73 | 9 | / |
| Kapake | 73 | 9 | / |
| Kapuke | 73 | 5 | / |
| Khapuk | 73 | 2 | / |
| Capook | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kapusk | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kapask | 73 | 1 | / |
| Keapak | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kabpak | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kapauk | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kapakc | 73 | 1 | / |
| Capoks | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kopouk | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kapukh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kapuuk | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kappuk | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kapohc | 73 | 1 | / |
| Khapake | 67 | 646 | / |
| Cappock | 67 | 66 | / |
| Khapokhova | 67 | 8 | / |
| Koppock | 67 | 8 | / |
| Koipoke | 67 | 7 | / |
| Kapucık | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kaipuke | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kahpake | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kotphok | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kapfack | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kashpuk | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kapuike | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kaiphak | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kappuck | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaypack | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kapacke | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaupauk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaphauk | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Kapok
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