Kaposta Surname

899,940th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 297 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Serbia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Kaposta Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kaposta Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Serbia1381:51,7755,000
Latvia801:25,6263,910
United States441:8,237,703362,142
Croatia261:162,63921,299
England21:27,859,030389,889
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

The alternate forms: Kāposta (2) & Káposta (1) are calculated separately.

Kaposta Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kaposta (Russian: Капоста) occurs in Serbia more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Kāposta or Káposta. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kaposta? popularity and diffusion

It is the 899,940th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 24,537,192 people. The last name Kaposta occurs mostly in Europe, where 84 percent of Kaposta are found; 55 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 55 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.

Kaposta is most frequently occurring in Serbia, where it is carried by 138 people, or 1 in 51,775. In Serbia Kaposta is mostly found in: North Bačka District, where 67 percent live, North Banat District, where 32 percent live and Belgrade, where 1 percent live. Apart from Serbia this surname occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Latvia, where 27 percent live and The United States, where 15 percent live.

Kaposta Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Kaposta last name are 15.73% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 62.5% registered with the political party.

Kaposta earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 53.72% more than the national average, earning $66,327 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kaposta Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kaposta in the Russian language
Капостаkaposta-

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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 Kaposta
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